codify

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

verb (used with object)

, cod·i·fied, cod·i·fy·ing.

1. to compile (laws, rules, etc.) into an orderly, formal code.
2. to make a digest of; arrange in a systematic collection.

   Synonyms: group, organize, order, catalog, classify

codify

/ ˈkəʊdɪˌfaɪ; ˈkɒ- /

verb

1. tr to organize or collect together (laws, rules, procedures, etc) into a system or code

Derived Forms

• ˈcodiˌfier, noun

Other Words From

• cod·i·fi·a·bil·i·ty [kod-, uh, -fahy-, uh, -, bil, -i-tee, koh-d, uh, -], noun
• cod·i·fi·er noun
• re·cod·i·fy verb (used with object) recodified recodifying

Word History and Origins

Origin of codify¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; code + -ify

Example Sentences

It needed to be codified with universal rules, judging and protocols.

From Washington Post

Congress tried to codify the Fairness Doctrine into law, supported even by many conservatives like Newt Gingrich and Jesse Helms.

From Washington Post

In 2016, she wrote a law codifying a court decision that found people on post-release community supervision are allowed to vote.

From Voice of San Diego

It’s time we codify what we’ve learned over the past few years, and move away from the fiction of self-regulation.

From MIT Technology Review

“V7 codifies industry best-practices for organizing data, labelling and launching computer vision models for real-world problems”.

From TechCrunch

They are demanding that the rest of us affirm their bad theology and codify it in the law.

From The Daily Beast

The Chinese leadership supposedly recognizes the illegality of such detentions, yet is seeking to codify them into law.

From The Daily Beast

The special language for Israel in Boxer's bill, critics contend, would codify this discrimination against American citizens.

From The Daily Beast

I continue to believe that whenever we can codify something through legislation, it is on firmer ground.

From The Daily Beast

Since there are nearly as many goals within Anonymous as there are members, it's difficult to codify what they're about.

From The Daily Beast

There is nothing finical or foppish about the conventions which Mr. Harcourt undertakes to codify and explain.

From Project Gutenberg

That is, they refused to codify it and left it for the courts to decide.

From Project Gutenberg

Another commission, intended to codify the criminal law, was appointed in 1833.

From Project Gutenberg

Then begin by stating what are our duties, and codify what is good and what is bad.

From Project Gutenberg

That sanctified bookworm was the first to codify the laws, customs, habits, and idiosyncrasies of literary men.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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