codifying

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

Origin

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

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

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

Origin:
1795–1805; code + -ify

Related forms

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

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

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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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