"categorify" meaning in English

See categorify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: categorifies [present, singular, third-person], categorifying [participle, present], categorified [participle, past], categorified [past]
Etymology: From category + -fy. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|category|fy}} category + -fy Head templates: {{en-verb}} categorify (third-person singular simple present categorifies, present participle categorifying, simple past and past participle categorified)
  1. (mathematics, transitive) To define a theorem in terms of category theory Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Mathematics Derived forms: decategorified

Inflected forms

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