different between methodize vs arrange

English

Etymology

method +? -ize

Verb

methodize (third-person singular simple present methodizes, present participle methodizing, simple past and past participle methodized)

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 Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “methodize”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

English

Etymology

From Middle English arengen, arrangen (“to draw up a battle line”), from Old French arengier, arrangier (“to put in a line, put in a row”), from reng, rang, ranc (“line, row, rank”), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“something bent or curved”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”). Akin to Old High German hring, ring, Old Frisian hring, Old English hring, hrincg (“ring”), Old Norse hringr (“ring, circle, queue, sword; ship”). More at ring.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???e?nd?/
• Rhymes: -e?nd?

Verb

arrange (third-person singular simple present arranges, present participle arranging, simple past and past participle arranged)

1. (transitive) To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To plan; to prepare in advance.
3. (music, transitive, intransitive) To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original form.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Derived terms

• arrangement

Translations

French

Verb

arrange

1. first-person singular present indicative of arranger
2. third-person singular present indicative of arranger
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of arranger
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of arranger
5. second-person singular imperative of arranger

Anagrams

• rangera