Classed

/klæst/ verb

Definition

Arranged into classes or categories; sorted or grouped according to type, quality, or other characteristics.

Etymology

Past tense of 'class,' which comes from Latin 'classis' (group, fleet, division). The Latin term originally referred to divisions of Roman citizens by wealth.

Kelly Says

When libraries 'classed' books using systems like the Dewey Decimal System, they were following a tradition that goes back to Aristotle's attempts to organize all knowledge—it's basically the history of human thinking made visible on shelves.

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