verb.
To assign a category; to divide into classes.
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verb.
place into or assign to a category
Word Usage
"Homophobia is also a social ill, and to dismiss the ads and the idea of same sex marriage as "silly" is to once again categorize gays and lesbians as second-class citizens, unworthy of the equal protections of the laws of this country."