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verb (used with object), cod·i·fied, cod·i·fy·ing.
1.
to reduce (laws, rules, etc.) to a code.
2.
to make a digest of; arrange in a systematic collection.
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Codify
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is untoward. Does it mean:
| not favorable or fortunate |
| model of excellence or perfection of a kind |
Example Sentences
- He was the first to codify that dance form by devising a training method for it.
- In the drilling safety rule, the government sought to codify some of the voluntary industry standards that already existed.
- The guidelines, which the administration hopes to codify in a federal regulation later this year, are badly needed.
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Word Origin & History
codify
c.1800, from code on model of classify, etc. Related: codified; codification (1817).
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