methodizev.

Brit.

/ˈmɛθədʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈmɛθəˌdaɪz/

Forms: 1500s– methodize, 1700s– methodise. In senses 1c and 3 also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: method n., -ize suffix.

Etymology: < method n. + -ize suffix. In sense 1c after Methodism n.

a. transitive. To reduce to method or order; to arrange (thoughts, ideas, expression, etc.) in an orderly or systematic manner.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > put in (proper) order [verb (transitive)] > reduce to order

reduce1567

methodizea1586

correct1594

method1607

a1586 [implied in: Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xxii. sig. Vu5^v All her long methodized oration was inherited onely by such kinde of speeches. (at methodized adj.)].

1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie Ep. Ded. sig. ¶iii^v I..coulde not but methodize this admiration in this digression.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. viii. 10 Things not being methodized with Scholasticall Formality, but managed with tumultuous Obstreperousnesse.

1671 R. Baxter How Far Holinesse lxiv. 18 They have not the skil to word and methodize their notions rightly.

1713 G. Berkeley in Guardian 25 Apr. 2/1 He should be taught..to order and methodize his Ideas.

1757 R. Graves Let. 10 Oct. in J. E. Tierney Corr. R. Dodsley (1988) 293 It is finely imagined & (now at least) vastly correct—I suppose M^r Shenstone put you upon re-considering & methodizing it—and altering several particulars.

1801 Port Folio 10 Jan. 12/3 It will require about a month to assemble all the necessary materials, and to methodize and simplify the communications of his friends.

1881 J. H. Shorthouse John Inglesant (1882) II. 371 That art of reasoning..which methodizes and facilitates our discourse.

1955 D. Davie Brides of Reason 38 But Wesley's sermons could be methodized According to a Ramist paradigm.

1989 Daily Tel. 18 Feb. 14 Methodise the London collections and there will be no need for a special tier of administrators.

†b. transitive. To make (a person) orderly or methodical. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. x. vi. 295 There's nothing methodizes a man but business.

1814 F. Burney Jrnls. & Lett. (1978) VII. 259 I have given him..to soberize & methodize him a little, a private tutor.

†c. transitive. To convert to Methodism. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Methodism > [verb (transitive)]

methodize1846

1846 A. Wiley in Indiana Mag. Hist. (1927) 23 428 Some disciples who are hard cases, will be hard to methodize.

†2. intransitive. To arrange or express ideas, etc., in an orderly or systematic manner. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1694 R. Blome tr. A. Le Grand Entire Body Philos. i. i. 2/2 Nature alone is sufficient to make us Perceive, Judge, Discourse and Methodize.

1707 A. Pope Corr. 29 Nov. (1956) I. 34 To methodize in your Case, is full as necessary as to strike out.

1818 S. T. Coleridge Gen. Introd. or Treat. on Method 5 in Encycl. Metrop. I The mind..is disposed to generalize and methodize to excess.

1878 T. Sinclair Mount 296 Comte and ‘George Eliot’ would methodise, paternalise, and maternalise, till there would be nothing at all wrong in their curious Eden.

†3. intransitive. To talk Methodistically. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Methodism > [verb (intransitive)]

methodize1771

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 70 She was grave and gay by turns—she moralized and methodized—she laughed, and romped, [etc.].

4. transitive. Theatre. To render in accordance with the principles of method acting.

ΚΠ

1960 Spectator 18 Nov. 782/3 John Dexter's production has been much condemned... Perhaps he should have varied the pace, Methodised the delivery.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	methodize
释义	methodizev. Brit. /ˈmɛθədʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈmɛθəˌdaɪz/ Forms: 1500s– methodize, 1700s– methodise. In senses 1c and 3 also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: method n., -ize suffix. Etymology: < method n. + -ize suffix. In sense 1c after Methodism n. 1. a. transitive. To reduce to method or order; to arrange (thoughts, ideas, expression, etc.) in an orderly or systematic manner. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > put in (proper) order [verb (transitive)] > reduce to order reduce1567 methodizea1586 correct1594 method1607 a1586 [implied in: Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xxii. sig. Vu5^v All her long methodized oration was inherited onely by such kinde of speeches. (at methodized adj.)]. 1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie Ep. Ded. sig. ¶iii^v I..coulde not but methodize this admiration in this digression. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. viii. 10 Things not being methodized with Scholasticall Formality, but managed with tumultuous Obstreperousnesse. 1671 R. Baxter How Far Holinesse lxiv. 18 They have not the skil to word and methodize their notions rightly. 1713 G. Berkeley in Guardian 25 Apr. 2/1 He should be taught..to order and methodize his Ideas. 1757 R. Graves Let. 10 Oct. in J. E. Tierney Corr. R. Dodsley (1988) 293 It is finely imagined & (now at least) vastly correct—I suppose M^r Shenstone put you upon re-considering & methodizing it—and altering several particulars. 1801 Port Folio 10 Jan. 12/3 It will require about a month to assemble all the necessary materials, and to methodize and simplify the communications of his friends. 1881 J. H. Shorthouse John Inglesant (1882) II. 371 That art of reasoning..which methodizes and facilitates our discourse. 1955 D. Davie Brides of Reason 38 But Wesley's sermons could be methodized According to a Ramist paradigm. 1989 Daily Tel. 18 Feb. 14 Methodise the London collections and there will be no need for a special tier of administrators. †b. transitive. To make (a person) orderly or methodical. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. x. vi. 295 There's nothing methodizes a man but business. 1814 F. Burney Jrnls. & Lett. (1978) VII. 259 I have given him..to soberize & methodize him a little, a private tutor. †c. transitive. To convert to Methodism. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Methodism > [verb (transitive)] methodize1846 1846 A. Wiley in Indiana Mag. Hist. (1927) 23 428 Some disciples who are hard cases, will be hard to methodize. †2. intransitive. To arrange or express ideas, etc., in an orderly or systematic manner. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1694 R. Blome tr. A. Le Grand Entire Body Philos. i. i. 2/2 Nature alone is sufficient to make us Perceive, Judge, Discourse and Methodize. 1707 A. Pope Corr. 29 Nov. (1956) I. 34 To methodize in your Case, is full as necessary as to strike out. 1818 S. T. Coleridge Gen. Introd. or Treat. on Method 5 in Encycl. Metrop. I The mind..is disposed to generalize and methodize to excess. 1878 T. Sinclair Mount 296 Comte and ‘George Eliot’ would methodise, paternalise, and maternalise, till there would be nothing at all wrong in their curious Eden. †3. intransitive. To talk Methodistically. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Methodism > [verb (intransitive)] methodize1771 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 70 She was grave and gay by turns—she moralized and methodized—she laughed, and romped, [etc.]. 4. transitive. Theatre. To render in accordance with the principles of method acting. ΚΠ 1960 Spectator 18 Nov. 782/3 John Dexter's production has been much condemned... Perhaps he should have varied the pace, Methodised the delivery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1586
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