Definition of stratify Stratify
/stɹæˈtʌfajˌ/ - [stratufay] - strat•i•fy
We found 10 definitions of stratify from 5 different sources.
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| stratify - 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" | ||
| position, lay, pose, put, place, set cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation | ||
| interstratify arrange rocks in alternating strata | ||
| stratify - form layers or strata; "The rock stratifies" | ||
| stratify render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand; "stratify seeds" | ||
| arrange, set up arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times" | ||
| geology a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks | ||
| stratify - divide society into social classes or castes; "Income distribution often stratifies a society" | ||
| secern, secernate, severalise, severalize, tell apart, distinguish, differentiate, tell, separate distinguish or separate | ||
| stratify - develop different social levels, classes, or castes; "Society stratifies when the income gap widens" | ||
| change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | ||
| stratify - render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand; "stratify seeds" | ||
| fecundate, inseminate, fertilise, fertilize introduce semen into (a female) | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- stratify (v. t.)
To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the earth; to arrange in strata.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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stratify
strat′i-fī, v.t. to form or lay in strata or layers:—pr.p. strat′ifying; pa.t. and pa.p. strat′ifīed.—adj. Stratic′ulate, arranged in thin layers.—n. Stratificā′tion, act of stratifying: state of being stratified: process of being arranged in layers.—adj. Strat′iform, in the form of strata. [Fr. stratifier—L. stratum, facĕre, to make.]
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🔤- stratify, verb, present, 1st person singular of stratify (infinitive).
- stratify, verb (infinitive).
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