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

Lord Brougham did something to methodize, and more to popularize, the facts of science.

From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by Escott, T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet)

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

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

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