recategorized; recategorizing; recategorizes
Definition of recategorize
: to put into a different category : reclassify
recategorized the drug as a controlled substance Neptune is the eighth and furthest planet from the Sun, since Pluto was recategorized as a dwarf planet.— James L. Chen
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The first known use of recategorize was in 1917
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