codify C2+ Topic:Technology & Computing US /ˈkɑdəˌfaɪ/ UK /ˈkəʊdɪfaɪ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 verb to arrange laws or rules into a systematic code Parliament moved to codify the scattered statutes into a single act. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to arrange laws or rules... systematizeorganizearrangeformalizecatalogclassifytabulatestandardize ↔ Opposites disorganize Word family Forms recodifiedrecodify Derived forms codificationcodifiedcodifier Related forms codecodex Etymology AI details A 19th-century formation from code + -ify (after French codifier); code is from Latin codex 'book, code of laws'. codex Latin facere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Technology & Computing Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown