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STRATIFY

Definition:

1. [verb] divide society into social classes or castes; "Income distribution often stratifies a society"
   
   
2. [verb] form layers or strata; "The rock stratifies"
   
   
3. [verb] develop different social levels, classes, or castes; "Society stratifies when the income gap widens"
   
   
4. [verb] 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"
   
   
5. [verb] render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand; "stratify seeds"
   
   

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Related Words:

• interstratify

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