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stratify

Syllabification: (strat·i·fy)
Pronunciation: /ˈstratəˌfī/

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Definition of stratify

verb (stratifies, stratifying, stratified)

[with object] (usually as adjective stratified)
  • form or arrange into strata:socially stratified cities [no object]:the residues have begun to stratify
  • arrange or classify:stratifying patients into well-defined risk groups
  • place (seeds) close together in layers in moist sand or peat to preserve them or to help them germinate.
  • [no object] (of seeds) be germinated by stratifying.

Derivatives

stratification

Pronunciation: /ˌstratəfiˈkāSHən/

noun

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