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codi·fy (käd′ə fī′, kō′də-)

transitive verb codified -·fied′, codifying -·fy′·ing

to arrange (laws, rules, etc.) systematically

Etymology: cod(e) + -i- + -fy

Related Forms:

  • codification cod′i·fi·ca′·tion (-fi kā′s̸hən) noun
  • codifier cod′i·fi′er (-fī′ər) noun

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Alternate definitions:

law codify definition - legal

codify Synonyms

codify

v.

systematize, classify, arrange; see classify, order 3.


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codify Usage Examples

Object

  • principle: It codifies the essential principles of the Moral Law, of which the remains are in man's heart.

Present participle complement

  • exist: The FRS codifies existing practice and aims to improve the consistency in the accounting treatment of tangible fixed assets.

Modifying Another Word

  • fully: Some would say all of these reforms are leading eventually, or could lead, to a fully codified, fully written constitution.

Used with why or when

  • what: These changes in fact merely codified what had already been unofficial practice for some time.

Preposition: in

  • law: These are now codified in the commercial law common throughout the European Union.
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