v. [f. ALPHABET + -IZE.]
1. To express or symbolize by alphabetic letters; to reduce to (alphabetic) writing.
1867. A. M. Bell, Vis. Speech, 91. Languages also which have never been reduced to writing may now be alphabetized.
2. To arrange alphabetically.
1880. N. Y. Nation, 12 Aug., 2 (Advt.). Schools … alphabetized, first by States, second by Towns, third by Initial Letters.
1882. Artist, 1 Feb., 62. Nor is the list always correctly alphabetized.
