Classify \Clas"si*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Classified}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Classifying}.] [L. classis class + -fy.]
To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system;
to arrange in sets according to some method founded on common
properties or characters.
Syn: To arrange; distribute; rank.
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