methodize

English

Etymology

method +‎ -ize

Verb

1. To reduce to method or order; to arrange in an orderly or systematic manner.
2. (obsolete) To make someone orderly or methodical.
3. (obsolete) To convert someone to Methodism.
4. (obsolete) To talk Methodistically.
5. To perform a theatrical role in accordance with the principles of method acting.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “methodize”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.