dichotomize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb divide into two opposing groups or kinds
    dichotomise.

WordNet

Di*chot"o*mize transitive verb
Etymology
See Dichotomous.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Dichotomized ; present participle & verbal noun Dichotomizing
Definitions
  1. To cut into two parts; to part into two divisions; to divide into pairs; to bisect. R.
    The apostolical benediction dichotomizes all good things into grace and peace. Bp. Hall.
  2. (Astron.) To exhibit as a half disk. See Dichotomy, #3 "[The moon] was dichotomized." Whewell.
Di*chot"o*mize intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To separate into two parts; to branch dichotomously; to become dichotomous.

Webster 1913