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Stratify

Stratify Meaning & Definition
Stratify Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Stratify?

[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

Stratify In Webster's Dictionary

\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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