CODIFY

codify

(verb) organize into a code or system, such as a body of law; “Hammurabi codified the laws”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

codify (third-person singular simple present codifies, present participle codifying, simple past and past participle codified)

To reduce to a code, to arrange into a code.

To collect and arrange in a systematic form.

Synonyms

• systematize

Source: Wiktionary


Co"di*fy ( or ; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Codified; p. pr. & vb. n. Codifying.] Etym: [Code + -fy: cf. F. codifier.]

Definition: To reduce to a code, as laws.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

23 November 2024

THEORETICAL

(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”


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