categise

Etymology 1
First attested around the turn of the sixteenth century. The origin is uncertain; derivation is perhaps from the, from.

Verb

 * 1)  Thrash (verbally or physically).
 * 2) * 1580–1615, an unknown source, quoted in: Henk Gras, All Semblative a Woman’s Part? (1991), page 241:
 * Conceale your qualitie till we be private; if your parts be worthie of me, I will countenance you, if not, categize you.

Etymology 2
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