Meaning of STRATIFY
| Pronunciation: | | 'stratu`fI
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- [v] render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand; "stratify seeds"
- [v] form layers or strata; "The rock stratifies"
- [v] form, arrange, or deposit in layers; "The fish are stratified in barrels"; "The rock was stratified by the force of the water"; "A statistician stratifies the list of names according to the addresses"
- [v] divide society into social classes or castes; "Income distribution often stratifies a society"
- [v] develop different social levels, classes, or castes; "Society stratifies when the income gap widens"
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| | See Also: | | arrange, change, differentiate, distinguish, fecundate, fertilise, fertilize, inseminate, interstratify, lay, place, pose, position, put, secern, secernate, separate, set, set up, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart | |
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| | Definition: | | \Strat"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stratified}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Stratifying}.] [Stratum + -fy: cf. F. stratifier.]
To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the
earth; to arrange in strata.
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