"codify" meaning in English

See codify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈ kɑd.ɪˌfaɪ/ [General-American], /ˈ koʊ.dɪˌfaɪ/ [General-American], /ˈ kəʊ.dɪˌfaɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-codify.wav [Southern-England] Forms: codifies [present, singular, third-person], codifying [participle, present], codified [participle, past], codified [past]
enPR: kŏdˈ -ĭ-fīˌ, kōˈ -dĭ-fīˌ Rhymes: -ɑdɪfaɪ, -oʊdɪfaɪ, -əʊdɪfaɪ Etymology: From code + -ify. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|code|ify}} code + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} codify (third-person singular simple present codifies, present participle codifying, simple past and past participle codified)
  1. To reduce to a code, to arrange into a code. Translations (reduce to a code): кодирам (kodiram) (Bulgarian), codificar (Catalan), 編成法典 (Chinese Mandarin), 编成法典 (biānchéng fǎdiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 使法律成文化 (shǐ fǎlǜ chéngwénhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), kodifikovat (Czech), kodifioida (Finnish), koontaa (lait) (Finnish), codifier (French), kodifizieren (German), κωδικοποιώ (kodikopoió) (Greek), 成文化する (seibunka suru) (alt: せいぶんかする) (Japanese), kodyfikować (Polish), codificar (Portuguese), codifica (Romanian), кодифици́ровать (kodificírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), зашифро́вывать (zašifróvyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), зашифрова́ть (zašifrovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), codificar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-codify-en-verb-~kMeXPyN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 36 23 Disambiguation of 'reduce to a code': 93 4 3
  2. To collect and arrange in a systematic form.
    Sense id: en-codify-en-verb-urKkD52H Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 36 23
  3. To enact as an official rule or law.
    Sense id: en-codify-en-verb-N-IuH0Qy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 36 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 30 30 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: inscripturate, systematize, systematise Related terms: code, codex

Inflected forms

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      "word": "使法律成文化"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "reduce to a code",
      "word": "kodifizieren"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "reduce to a code",
      "word": "κωδικοποιώ"
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      "alt": "せいぶんかする",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "reduce to a code",
      "word": "成文化する"
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      "sense": "reduce to a code",
      "word": "kodyfikować"
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      "sense": "reduce to a code",
      "word": "codificar"
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      "word": "codifica"
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      "word": "кодифици́ровать"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zašifrovátʹ",
      "sense": "reduce to a code",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "reduce to a code",
      "word": "codificar"
    }
  ],
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