I . n.
1.
Rank or order ( of persons ).
2.
Set ( as of pupils pursuing the same studies ).
3.
Scientific division ( of animate or inanimate objects, including orders, genera, and species ), kind. sort.
4.
Category, division, head, group, collection.
II . v. a.
Arrange, rank, range, ~ify, dispose, distribute, form into ~es.