v. [f. CATEGORY + -IZE; cf. F. catégoriser.] trans. To place in a category or categories; to classify.
1705. Hickeringill, Priest-cr., I. (1721), 41. Priest-craft has Categorized Sacrilege as the greatest Sin, next to the Sin against the Holy Ghost.
1883. Westm. Rev., July, 99. Propertius categorizes the penalties endured by the wicked.
Hence Categorization, the action of categorizing; classification.
1886. Spectator, 6 Nov., Lit. Supp. 1506. A generation ago, botany was mainly a categorisation of plant-forms under so called natural systems.
