codify

C2+ Topic:Technology & Computing

US /ˈkɑdəˌfaɪ/ UK /ˈkəʊdɪfaɪ/ See IPA manual

verb

Meanings

1

verb
to arrange laws or rules into a systematic code

Parliament moved to codify the scattered statutes into a single act.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to arrange laws or rules... systematize organize arrange formalize catalog classify tabulate standardize

Opposites

disorganize

Word family

Forms recodifiedrecodify

Derived forms codificationcodifiedcodifier

Related forms codecodex

Etymology

A 19th-century formation from code + -ify (after French codifier); code is from Latin codex 'book, code of laws'.

codex Latin facere Latin

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# codify

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** ˈkɑdəˌfaɪ
**IPA (UK):** ˈkəʊdɪfaɪ

## Meanings
1. to arrange laws or rules into a systematic code

## Examples
- Parliament moved to codify the scattered statutes into a single act.

## Synonyms
- systematize
- organize
- arrange
- formalize
- catalog
- classify
- tabulate
- standardize

## Antonyms
- disorganize

## Derived Forms
- codification
- codified
- codifier

## Related Forms
- code
- codex

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: codex
- Root: facere

## Etymology
A 19th-century formation from code + -ify (after French codifier); code is from Latin codex 'book, code of laws'.

## AI Etymology
Codify is a 19th-century formation from code + -ify (after French codifier); code is from Latin codex 'book, code of laws'. The historical trail runs through codex in Latin and facere in Latin. Morphologically, codify is transparent: a 19th-century formation from code + -ify (after French codifier). Used as a verb, codify now means "arrange laws or rules into a systematic code", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in derived forms such as codification, codified, and codifier and related forms such as code and codex. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Technology & Computing
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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