methodize

American  

[meth-uh-dahyz] / ˈmɛθ əˌdaɪz /

especially British, methodise

verb (used with object)

methodized, methodizing

1. to reduce (something) to a method.

2. to arrange (something) according to a method.

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methodize British  

/ ˈmɛθəˌdaɪz /

verb

1. (tr) to organize according to a method; systematize

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Other Word Forms

• methodization
  noun
• methodizer
  noun
• unmethodized
  adjective
• unmethodizing
  adjective
• well-methodized
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of methodize

First recorded in 1580–90; method + -ize

Example Sentences

Though it’s offered through the art department, the students are equipped with multiple kinds of constructive tools: they learn to write, think visually, and methodize their research on the topic.

From Time • May 26, 2015

I had a hard task in hand to begin the first part hereof, and much labour I underwent to methodize it as it is.

From William Lilly's History of His Life and Times From the Year 1602 to 1681 by Ashmole, Elias

Everything wore a sombre, heavy air—even the men seemed born to methodize on some one object.

From The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth by Templeton, Timothy

I believed that an attempt to range and methodize some of our most leading passions would be a good preparative to such an inquiry as we are going to make in the ensuing discourse.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

I found an opinion common through all the offices, and general in the public at large, that it would prove impossible to reform and methodize the office of paymaster-general.

From Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke by Burke, Edmund