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From category +‎ -ize.

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categorize (third-person singular simple present categorizes, present participle categorizing, simple past and past participle categorized)

  1. (transitive) To assign a category; to divide into classes.
    First, categorize incoming messages according to the needed actions.

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Galician

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categorize

  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of categorizar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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categorize

  1. inflection of categorizar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative