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codify

[kod-uh-fahy, koh-duh-] Example Sentences Origin

cod·i·fy

[kod-uh-fahy, koh-duh-]
verb (used with object), -fied, -fy·ing.
1.
to reduce (laws, rules, etc.) to a code.
2.
to make a digest of; arrange in a systematic collection.

Origin:
1795–1805; code + -ify

cod·i·fi·a·bil·i·ty [kod-uh-fahy-uh-bil-i-tee, koh-duh-] , noun
cod·i·fi·er, noun
non·cod·i·fied, adjective
re·cod·i·fy, verb (used with object), -fied, -fy·ing.
un·cod·i·fied, adjective


2. classify, catalog, order, organize, group.

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Example Sentences
  • The new rules will both codify old tax cases and give tax collectors more flexibility to crack down on excessive compensation.
  • In the drilling safety rule, the government sought to codify some of the voluntary industry standards that already existed.
  • It's not surprising he'd want to codify his perspective.
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codify (ˈkəʊdɪˌfaɪ, ˈkɒ-)
 
vb , -fies, -fying, -fied
(tr) to organize or collect together (laws, rules, procedures, etc) into a system or code
 
'codifier
 
n

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codify
c.1800, from code on model of classify, etc. Related: codified; codification (1817).
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