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Webster 1913 Edition


Stratify

Strat′i-fy

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Stratify

STRATIFY

,
Verb.
T.
[L.]
1.
To form into a layer, as substances in the earth. Thus clay, sand and other species of earth are often found stratified.
2.
To lay in strata.

Definition 2024


stratify

stratify

English

Verb

stratify (third-person singular simple present stratifies, present participle stratifying, simple past and past participle stratified)

  1. (intransitive) To become separated out into distinct layers or strata.
    In this cut you can see how the sedimentary rock layers have been clearly stratified.
    Even without a pronounced social class system, people in a large society tend to stratify.
  2. (transitive) To separate out into distinct layers or strata.

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