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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dichotomize \Di*chot"o*mize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dichotomized; p. pr. & vb. n. Dichotomizing.] [See Dichotomous.] 1. To cut into two parts; to part into two divisions; to divide into pairs; to bisect. [R.] [1913 Webster] The apostolical benediction dichotomizes all good things into grace and peace. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] 2. (Astron.) To exhibit as a half disk. See Dichotomy, 3. "[The moon] was dichotomized." --Whewell. [1913 Webster]