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systematize, v.|ˈsɪstɪmətaɪz, -stəm-| [f. Gr. σύστηµα, -ατ- system + -ize.] trans. To arrange according to a system; to reduce to system.
1764–7Lyttelton Hen. II ii. (1769) III. 203 The eastern and western Goths had some general notions of the feudal policy, which were gradually systematised. 1780Harris Philol. Enq. ii. xii. (1781) 224 Many things have been done in the best and purest taste, long before Rules were established, and systematized in form. 1828D'Israeli Chas. I I. viii. 250 His restless ambition..had systematised intrigue. 1830Mackintosh Eth. Philos. Wks. 1846 I. 35 The vast collection of laws enacted or systematized by Justinian. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 343 Hallucinations, which are systematised into delusions. b. absol. or intr. To construct a system (e.g. of philosophy, classification, etc.).
1891in Cent. Dict. 1911J. Oman in Expositor Oct. 362 The moment he proceeds to systematise,..he knows, just as little as any other systematiser, what to do with personality. Hence ˈsystematized |-aɪzd| ppl. a., ˈsystematizing vbl. n. and ppl. a. (in quot. 1827 = ‘scheming’); also ˌsystematiˈzation |-ˈeɪʃən|, the action or process of systematizing; a systematic arrangement, statement, etc.; ˈsystemaˌtizer, one who systematizes.
1811–13Bentham Univ. Gram. Wks. 1843 VIII. 356/2 *Systematization; i.e. placing the several denominations..in systematic order. 1838[F. Haywood] tr. Kant's Crit. Pure Reason 490 The systematization of cognition—that is, the connexion thereof according to a principle. 1864Max Müller Sci. Lang. Ser. ii. iii. 98 note, English Phonetics, containing an original systematisation of spoken sounds. 1904Duckworth Morphol. & Anthropol. x. 232 The accompanying scheme..has been found of practical use in the further systematisation of observations.
1797Burke Regic. Peace iii. Wks. 1808 VIII. 393 The relations of peace and amity with *systematised regicide. 1827Lytton Pelham lxxviii, The systematized roguery of London. 1878–9J. Caird Philos. Relig. (1880) 106 A living organism is not a mere aggregation of independent parts, but a systematised unity of members. 1884F. Temple Relat. Relig. & Sci. v. (1885) 127 The systematised experience which we call Science.
1780Harris Philol. Enq. i. i. (1781) 8 Aristotle..may be called the *Systematizer of his Master's Doctrines. 1854R. H. Patterson Ess. Hist. & Art (1862) 371 Auguste Comte..is but a systematiser of the doctrines of Confucius and the old philosophers of China.
1828Sewell Oxford Prize Ess. 18 That mad fondness for *systematizing..which overthrows all the creations of nature. 1837Whewell Hist. Induct. Sci. I. i. ii. §2. 42 The treatises on the various subjects of Natural History..manifest a wonderful power of systematising.
1827Southey in Q. Rev. Oct. 312 A cool, crafty, calculating, systematizing knave. 1883Sayce in Contemp. Rev. Sept. 391 The later age of systematizing philosophy. |