classified

Words with a similar base: classified, classified_ad, classified_advertisement

'classified'

[classified_ad.n.01] as in: a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type

'classified'

[classify.v.01] as in: arrange or order by classes or categories

Examples:
How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?

'classified'

[classify.v.02] as in: declare unavailable, as for security reasons

Examples:
Classify these documents

'classified'

[relegate.v.04] as in: assign to a class or kind

Examples:
How should algae be classified?
People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms

'classified'

[classified.a.01] as in: arranged into classes

'classified'

[classified.a.02] as in: official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation

Examples:
thousands of classified documents have now been declassified

Origins

					classified (English)
├── -ed (English)
│   └── -od (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── classify (English)
    └── classifier (French)
        ├── -ifier (French)
        │   └── -ificere (Latin)
        └── classe (French)
            └── classis (Latin)

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