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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Class \Class\ (kl[.a]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Classed} (kl[.a]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Classing}.] [Cf. F. classer. See {Class}, n.] 1. To arrange in classes; to classify or refer to some class; as, to class words or passages. [1913 Webster] Note: In scientific arrangement, to classify is used instead of to class. --Dana. [1913 Webster] 2. To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Class \Class\ (kl[.a]s), n. [F. classe, fr. L. classis class, collection, fleet; akin to Gr. klh^sis a calling, kalei^n to call, E. claim, haul.] 1. A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower classes. [1913 Webster] 2. A number of students in a school or college, of the same standing, or pursuing the same studies. [1913 Webster] 3. A comprehensive division of animate or inanimate objects, grouped together on account of their common characteristics, in any classification in natural science, and subdivided into orders, families, tribes, genera, etc. [1913 Webster] 4. A set; a kind or description, species or variety. [1913 Webster] She had lost one class energies. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 5. (Methodist Church) One of the sections into which a church or congregation is divided, and which is under the supervision of a class leader. [1913 Webster] 6. One session of formal instruction in which one or more teachers instruct a group on some subject. The class may be one of a course of classes, or a single special session. [PJC] 7. A high degree of elegance, in dress or behavior; the quality of bearing oneself with dignity, grace, and social adeptness. [PJC] {Class of a curve} (Math.), the kind of a curve as expressed by the number of tangents that can be drawn from any point to the curve. A circle is of the second class. {Class meeting} (Methodist Church), a meeting of a class under the charge of a class leader, for counsel and relegious instruction. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Class \Class\, v. i. To be grouped or classed. [1913 Webster] The genus or family under which it classes. --Tatham. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Class \Class\ (kl[.a]s), a. exhibiting refinement and high character; as, a class act. Opposite of {low-class} [informal] Syn: high-class. [PJC] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: class n 1: a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents" [syn: {class}, {category}, {family}] 2: a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy" [syn: {class}, {form}, {grade}, {course}] 3: people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class" [syn: {class}, {stratum}, {social class}, {socio-economic class}] 4: education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes" [syn: {course}, {course of study}, {course of instruction}, {class}] 5: a league ranked by quality; "he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA" [syn: {class}, {division}] 6: a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High" [syn: {class}, {year}] 7: (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders 8: elegance in dress or behavior; "she has a lot of class" v 1: arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" [syn: {classify}, {class}, {sort}, {assort}, {sort out}, {separate}] From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: CLASS Centralized Local Area Selective Signaling From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: CLASS Custom Local Area Signaling Service