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classify

clas·si·fy [ klássi f ] (past and past participle clas·si·fied, present participle clas·si·fy·ing, 3rd person present singular clas·si·fies)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. categorize things or people: to assign things or people to categories

2. declare information sensitive and thus restricted: to designate information as being available only to authorized people for reasons of security

[Late 18th century. Back-formation <classification]

clas·si·fi·a·ble adjective
clas·si·fi·er noun
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