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

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

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 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