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Codify

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To reduce to a code: codify laws.

v. To arrange or systematize.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To reduce to a code, to arrange into a code.

v. To collect and arrange in a systematic form.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To reduce to a code, as laws.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To reduce to a code or digest, as laws.

To arrange or systematize in general; make an orderly collection or compendium of; epitomize.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. organize into a code or system, such as a body of law

Word Usage

"Mr. President: A word to the wise, even if it becomes clear you've gone back on your staff's statements that your Stupak-evil Order doesn't do anything more than "codify" existing law."

Verb Form

codified codifies codifying

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

systematise systematize systemise systemize

Variant

codified

Form

codified codifying codifier codifiability codification

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

systematize digest