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| NOUN: | A class that is defined by the common attribute or attributes possessed by all its members: breed, cast, description, feather, ilk, kind2, lot, manner, mold, nature, order, species, stamp, stripe, type, variety. Informal : persuasion. See GROUP. | | VERB: | 1. To put into a deliberate order: arrange, array, deploy, dispose, marshal, order, organize, range, systematize. See ORDER. 2. To distribute into groups according to kinds. Also used with out: assort, categorize, class, classify, group, pigeonhole, separate. See COLLECT. 3. To set apart (one kind or type) from others: separate, sift, winnow. See INCLUDE.
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