methodize

English

Etymology

method +‎ -ize

Verb

methodize (third-person singular simple present methodizes, present participle methodizing, simple past and past participle methodized)

1. (transitive) To make orderly or methodical; to arrange in a systematic manner.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To convert or adapt to Methodism.
3. (obsolete, intransitive) To talk Methodistically.
4. To perform a theatrical role in accordance with the principles of method acting.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “methodize”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.