ALPHABETIZE

alphabetize, alphabetise

(verb) arrange in alphabetical order; “Alphabetize the list”

alphabetize

(verb) provide with an alphabet; “Cyril and Method alphabetized the Slavic languages”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

alphabetize (third-person singular simple present alphabetizes, present participle alphabetizing, simple past and past participle alphabetized)

(US, Canada) To arrange words or items in order of the first (and then subsequent) letters as they occur in the alphabet.

Source: Wiktionary


Al"pha*bet*ize, v. t.

1. To arrange alphabetically; as, to alphabetize a list of words.

2. To furnish with an alphabet.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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