v. [f. as prec. + -IZE.] trans. a. To arrange as an encyclopædia (see ENCYCLOPÆDIA 1); to exhibit (knowledge) in a systematic form. b. To describe in an encyclopædia (see ENCYCLOPÆDIA 2).
1824. Byron, Juan, XV. lxviii. Dictionaries Which encyclopedise both flesh and fish.
1824. Blackw. Mag., XVI. 32. The attempt to exhibit all Science in one body, the attempt to exhibit all Science to one mind, which are the two forms of the attempt to encyclopedize knowledge.
