Stratify

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  • intransitive verb. To form, arrange, or deposit in layers.
  • intransitive verb. To preserve (seeds) by placing them between layers of moist sand or similar material.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To arrange or separate into castes, classes, or social levels.
  • intransitive verb. To separate into a sequence of graded status levels.
  • intransitive verb. To become layered; form strata.
  • intransitive verb. To develop different levels of caste, class, privilege, or status.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To form into a layer or layers, as substances in the earth; lay or arrange in strata.
  • To preserve (tree-seeds) by spreading them in layers alternating with layers of earth or sand.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the earth; to arrange in strata.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To become separated out into distinct layers or strata.
  • verb. To separate out into distinct layers or strata.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. form, arrange, or deposit in layers
  • verb. develop different social levels, classes, or castes
  • verb. render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand
  • verb. form layers or strata
  • verb. divide society into social classes or castes
  • Word Usage
    "I continue to object to being read as someone who wants to "stratify" the Gospel of Thomas."
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