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taxonomize, v.|tækˈsɒnəmaɪz|
[f. taxonomy n. + -ize.]
trans. To distinguish taxonomically, classify. Also fig.
1971‘A. Burgess’ MF v. 57, I could not say that my body's little caprices rendered me so sick as to be taxonomized as one of life's permanent invalids. 1976Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics XXI. 1 Syntactic devices should be catalogued (taxonomized or related) as a function of the kinds of information they convey. 1983National Rev. (U.S.) XXXV. 102/2 Mao man, a species prematurely taxonomized by many Western intellectuals and journalists. 1986Trans. Philol. Soc. 187 We could come up with an account of BA present-day syllabic structure which might taxonomize the textually existent forms. |