Method

meth′ud, n. the mode or rule of accomplishing an end: orderly procedure: manner: orderly arrangement: system, rule, cla ification: manner of performance: an instruction-book systematically arranged.— adjs. Method′ic , -al , arranged with method: disposed in a just and natural manner: formal.— adv. Method′ically .— v.t. Meth′odise , to reduce to method: to dispose in due order.— ns. Meth′odism , the principles and practice of the Methodists; Meth′odist , one who observes method: one of a sect of Christians founded by John Wesley (1703-91), noted for the strictne of its discipline: one who is very strict in religion.— adjs. Methodist′ic , -al , resembling the Methodists: strict in religious matters.— adv. Methodist′ically .— n. Methodol′ogy , the science of method in scientific procedure. [Fr.,—L. method us —Gr. methodos — meta , after, hodos , a way.]