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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.


methodize British  
/ ˈmɛθəˌdaɪz /

verb

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of methodize

First recorded in 1580–90; method + -ize

Example Sentences

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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 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

But after he has thus invented what is proper to be said, with what accuracy must he methodize it?

From Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by Jones, E.

He has been living since his marriage in Hampshire, where he has not had the aid of his old habits and accustomed books to methodize his mind.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 by Various

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

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