compartmentalize

compartmentalize
/keuhm pahrt men"tl uyz', kom'pahrt-/, v.t., compartmentalized, compartmentalizing.
to divide into categories or compartments.
Also, esp. Brit., compartmentalise.
[1920-25; COMPARTMENTAL + -IZE]

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