methodize

[meth-uh-dahyz]

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verb (used with object), meth·od·ized, meth·od·iz·ing.

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

Also especially British, meth·od·ise.

Origin of methodize

First recorded in 1580–90; method + -ize

Related formsmeth·od·iz·er, nounun·meth·od·ized, adjectiveun·meth·od·iz·ing, adjectivewell-meth·od·ized, adjective

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Related Words for methodize

align, array, class, classify, dispose, file, form, group, order, organize, police, position, range, rank, regulate, sort, spruce, systematize, systemize, tidy

Examples from the Web for methodize

Historical Examples of methodize

I went to London, and attempted to methodize my plans of vengeance.
Pelham, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
You may enlarge on these short Heads, and methodize 'em as you see good.
The Storm
Daniel Defoe
I had a hard task in hand to begin the first part hereof, and much labour I underwent to methodize it as it is.
William Lilly's History of His Life and Times
William Lilly
Everything wore a sombre, heavy air—even the men seemed born to methodize on some one object.
The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth
Timothy Templeton
That what was done in France was a wild attempt to methodize anarchy; to perpetuate and fix disorder.
Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke

British Dictionary definitions for methodize

methodize

methodise

verb

(tr) to organize according to a method; systematize

Derived Formsmethodization or methodisation, nounmethodizer or methodiser, noun

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Word Origin and History for methodize

"to make methodical," 1580s, from method + -ize. Related: Methodized; methodizing.