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Meaning of CODIFY

Pronunciation:  'kâdu`fI

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 Definition: [v]  organize into a code or system, such as a body of law; "Hamurabi codified the laws"
 
 See Also: systematise, systematize, systemise, systemize

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.

 
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 Related Terms: adjust, alphabetize, analyze, arrange, assort, break down, catalog, categorize, chart, class, classify, coordinate, digest, divide, file, fix, formalize, grade, group, harmonize, index, list, methodize, normalize, order, organize, pigeonhole, place, plan, range, rank, rate, rationalize, regularize, regulate, routinize, settle, sort, standardize, subdivide, synchronize, systematize, tabulate, tune, tune up, type
 

 

 

 

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