[strat.i.fy] vb -fied ; -fy.ing [NL stratificare, fr. stratum + L -ificare -ify] vt (1661) 1: to form, deposit, or arrange in strata
2. a: to divide or arrange into classes, castes, or social strata b: to divide into a series of graded statuses ~ vi: to become arranged in strata