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category

cat.e.go.ry \'kat-*-.go-r-e-, -.go.r-\ n [LL categoria, fr. Gk kate-goria 
   predication, category, fr. k]ate-gorein to accuse, affirm, predicate, fr. 
   kata- + agora public assembly - more at GREGARIOUS 1a: a general class to 
   which a logical predicate or that which it predicate s belongs 1b: one of 
   the underlying forms to which any fact known by experience must  conform 2: 
   CLASS, GROUP, CLASSIFICATION