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 will commence regularly, if I can methodize my recollection.

From Thaddeus of Warsaw by Porter, Jane

But the human faculties are fortified by the art and practice of dialectics; the ten predicaments of Aristotle collect and methodize our ideas, and his syllogism is the keenest weapon of dispute.

From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 by Milman, Henry Hart

Farewell, in haste, from a head that is too ill to methodize, a stomach to digest, and all out of tune.

From The Best Letters of Charles Lamb by Lamb, Charles

That what was done in France was a wild attempt to methodize anarchy; to perpetuate and fix disorder.

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