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Dichotomizing

Dichotomize \Di*chot"o*mize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dichotomized; p. pr. & vb. n. Dichotomizing.] [See Dichotomous.]

  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.

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dichotomizing

vb. (present participle of dichotomize English)

Usage examples of "dichotomizing".

James Fowler, for example, divides formop into early formop, dichotomizing formop, dialectical formop, and synthetic formop (the first three being what I am calling rationality, and the last being vision-logic, although all four are "reason" in the very broadest sense).