(v) form, arrange, or deposit in layers, Example:The fish are stratified in barrels; The rock was stratified by the force of the water; A statistician stratifies the list of names according to the addresses
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stratified p. pr. & vb. n. Stratifying ] [ Stratum + -fy: cf. F. stratifier. ] To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the earth; to arrange in strata. [ 1913 Webster ]