codify

Verb
US[koh-duh-fahy]/ˈkoʊdəˌfaɪ/3 syllables

Open English WordNet

Verb (1)codified, codifying

  1. organize into a code or system, such as a body of law“Hammurabi codified the laws”More general systematize, systematise
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Co′di·fy (? or ?; 277), transitive verb [past tense & past participle Codified; present participle & verbal noun Codifying.]

Origin: Code + -fy: cf. F. codifier.

To reduce to a code, as laws.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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