systemizev.
/ˈsɪstᵻmʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈsɪstəˌmaɪz/ transitive. = systematize v. Also intransitive.
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the world > relative properties > order > put in (proper) order [verb (transitive)] > reduce to order > systematize
adjust1675
systemize1748
systematizea1751
codify1858
cyclopaedize1860
1748 J. Ralph Remembrancer x. 69 The whole Affair was so near being systemised, that not only practis'd Ministers, but beardless Upstarts..undertook to conduct the Machine of Power.
1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. Digest 2 He continued to systemize what he thought worthy of his System.
1834 Monthly Rev. Sept. 116 The mass of their extravagances in this way is rude and disorderly; but our author has done much to arrange and systemize it.
1853 R. Hiley Eng. Gram. & Style (rev. ed.) Pref. p. vii They endeavoured to systemize its Rules and elucidate its Principles.
1870 Chicago Med. Jrnl. 27 138 It is unscientific to systemize on effects, in lieu of causes, as a basis in medicine.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 27 June 13/2 Learning made easy and systemised from thirty years' experience.
1955 Billboard 22 Oct. 73/4 The executive group will be primarily interested in..systemizing a procedure for picking the hit tunes to be presented.
2001 Wired Dec. 186/2 The propensity in people with autism to systemize.
Derivatives
ˈsystemized adj. that has been systemized; systematic.In quot. 1967: system-built (cf. system n. 3c(c)).
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the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > of or relating to a system > systematized
systemed1651
systemized1784
systematized1787
codified1831
1784 W. Gilpin Life T. Cranmer v. 45 It [sc. a king's power] took in future reigns..a more systemized form.
1827 C. A. Eaton Continental Adventures III. lvii. 364 Smuggling..had every where arrived at a systemised organization.
1910 Catholic Univ. Bull. Oct. 666 As regards the systemised course of studies, much has been done in late years to raise the standard of education.
1967 Times 4 Dec. 5/7 Negotiated contracts should continue where producers of systemized houses had to plan production runs.
2005 Time Out N.Y. 6 Oct. 56/3 A precise, systemized technique that has been taught to more than six million people.
ˈsystemizer n. = systematizer n.
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the world > relative properties > order > [noun] > putting in order > giving orderly structure to something > systematizing > one who
systematizera1751
systemizer1790
1790 F. Greville Reflection Postscr. 187 The third systemizer was Woodward, but I really have forgot all about his system.
1895 Advance (Chicago) 370/3 The intellectualism of the reformers asserts itself in the systemizer of the school.
1959 Evergreen Rev. Winter 18 Manu, the earliest systemiser of Indo-Aryan Law..gave legal sanction to these processes of synthesis.
2007 N.Y. Times Mag. 5 Aug. 42/1 Autistic girls are strong systemizers. That quality may manifest itself in letters rather than numbers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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