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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


2. classify, catalog, order, organize, group.
cod·i·fy   (kŏd'ĭ-fī', kō'də-)   
tr.v.   cod·i·fied, cod·i·fy·ing, cod·i·fies
  1. To reduce to a code: codify laws.
  2. To arrange or systematize.
cod'i·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n., cod'i·fi'er n.

Codify

Co"di*fy\ (? or ?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Codified; p. pr. & vb. n. Codifying.] [Code + -fy: cf. F. codifier.] To reduce to a code, as laws.

Main Entry: cod·i·fy
Pronunciation: 'kä-d&-"fI, 'kO-
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -fied; -fy·ing
: to reduce (laws) to a code —cod·i·fi·ca·tion /"kä-d&-f&-'kA-sh&n, "kO-/ noun
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