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systematize

sys·tem·a·tize [ sístəmə tz ] (past and past participle sys·tem·a·tized, present participle sys·tem·a·tiz·ing, 3rd person present singular sys·tem·a·tiz·es)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
make or become systematic: to arrange something according to a system, or be arranged according to a system

[Mid-18th century. < Greek sustēmat-, stem of sustēma (see system)]

sys·tem·a·ti·za·tion [ sìstəməti záysh'n ] noun
sys·tem·a·tiz·er [ sístəmə tzər ] noun
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