categorize,v.|ˈkætɪgəraɪz|[f.category + -ize;cf.F. catégoriser.]trans.To place in a category or categories; to classify.1705HickeringillPriest-cr. i. (1721) 41Priest-craft has Categorized Sacrilege as the greatest Sin, next to the Sin against the Holy Ghost.1883Westm.Rev.July 99Propertius categorizes the penalties endured by the wicked.Hence ˌcategoriˈzation, the action of categorizing; classification.1886Spectator 6 Nov.,Lit.Supp. 1506A generation ago, botany was mainly a categorisation of plant-forms under so called natural systems.