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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.
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)
- (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.
- (transitive) To separate out into distinct layers or strata.
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Translations
to become separated out into distinct layers
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to separate out into distinct layers
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