codify

[ kod-uh-fahy, koh-duh- ]

/ ˈkɒd əˌfaɪ, ˈkoʊ də- /

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verb (used with object), cod·i·fied, cod·i·fy·ing.

to reduce (laws, rules, etc.) to a code.

to make a digest of; arrange in a systematic collection.

Nearby words

codices, codicil, codicillary, codicology, codification, codify, coding, coding sequence, codirect, codiscoverer, codline

Origin of codify

First recorded in 1795–1805; code + -ify

SYNONYMS FOR codify

2 classify, catalog, order, organize, group.

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cod·i·fi·a·bil·i·ty

[kod-uh-fahy-uh-bil-i-tee, koh-duh-] /ˌkɒd əˌfaɪ əˈbɪl ɪ ti, ˌkoʊ də-/, nouncod·i·fi·er, nounnon·cod·i·fied, adjectivere·cod·i·fy, verb (used with object), re·cod·i·fied, re·cod·i·fy·ing.

un·cod·i·fied, adjective

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Examples from the Web for codify

They are demanding that the rest of us affirm their bad theology and codify it in the law.
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The Chinese leadership supposedly recognizes the illegality of such detentions, yet is seeking to codify them into law.
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I continue to believe that whenever we can codify something through legislation, it is on firmer ground.
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Since there are nearly as many goals within Anonymous as there are members, it's difficult to codify what they're about.
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Gov. Prescott appointed him, in 1877, one of the commissioners to revise and codify the statutes of New Hampshire.
Sketches of Successful New Hampshire Men|Various
Tonight I ask you to codify this into law, so people of faith can know that the law will never discriminate against them again.
Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006|Various
Hence it was possible to elaborate a consistent system of Halachah, and eventually to codify it all.
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Another commission, intended to codify the criminal law, was appointed in 1833.
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It is the illusory unity of our own personality, which leads us to unify and to codify natural phenomena and even humanity itself.
Metapsychical Phenomena|J. Maxwell

British Dictionary definitions for codify

codify

/ (ˈkəʊdɪˌfaɪ, ˈkɒ-) /

verb -fies, -fying or -fied

(tr) to organize or collect together (laws, rules, procedures, etc) into a system or code

Derived Forms

codifier, noun

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codify

verb (used with object), cod·i·fied, cod·i·fy·ing.

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codify

verb -fies, -fying or -fied

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