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Codify
//ˈkɑd.ɪˌfaɪ// verb
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Verb
- 1 To reduce to a code, to arrange into a code.
"The company president codified the goal as a one-line mission statement."
- 2 organize into a code or system, such as a body of law wordnet
- 3 To collect and arrange in a systematic form.
"The house of Ruthven was a small but ultra-modern limestone affair, between Madison and Fifth ;[…]. As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “ near-aissance.”"
- 4 To enact as an official rule or law.
Etymology
From code + -ify.
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