Dictionary

codify en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkoʊ.dɪˌfaɪ/ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
• /ˈkəʊ.dɪˌfaɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• kōˈ-dĭ-fīˌ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈkoʊ.ɾɪˌfaɪ] (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
• /ˈkɑ.dɪˌfaɪ/ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
• kŏˈ-dĭ-fīˌ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
• [ˈkɑ.ɾɪˌfaɪ] (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
• kōˈ-dĭ-fīˌ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin caudex Latin cōdex Old French codebor. Middle English code English code Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English codify From code + -ify.

Meanings

1. To reduce to a code, to arrange into a code.
   • The company president codified the goal as a one-line mission statement.
2. To collect and arrange in a systematic form.
   • The house of Ruthven was a small but ultra-modern limestone affair, between Madison and Fifth ;[…]. As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “ near-aissance.” 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter V, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
3. To enact as an official rule or law.

Forms

Deriveds

codification · recodify · codifier · uncodify · decodify · geocodify · recodification · noncodified · unicodification · uncodifiable · codifiability · codifiable · miscodify

Relateds

code · codex

Synonyms

inscripturate · systematise · systematize

Translations (25)

ru кодифици́ровать (collect and arrange in a systematic form) · be кадыфікава́ць (collect and arrange in a systematic form) · cmn 使法律成文化 (reduce to a code) · cmn 編成法典 /编成法典 (reduce to a code) · cmn 法典化 (reduce to a code) · es codificar (reduce to a code) · uk кодифікува́ти (collect and arrange in a systematic form) · ca codificar (reduce to a code) · ia codificar (reduce to a code) · fi koontaa (lait) (reduce to a code) · pl kodyfikować (reduce to a code) · vi pháp điển hóa (reduce to a code) · ro codifica (reduce to a code) · ja 成文化する (reduce to a code) · pt codificar (reduce to a code) · fi kodifioida (reduce to a code) · el κωδικοποιώ (reduce to a code) · bg кодирам (reduce to a code) · ru зашифро́вывать (reduce to a code) · ru зашифрова́ть (reduce to a code) · cs kodifikovat (reduce to a code) · de kodifizieren (reduce to a code) · pl kodyfikować (collect and arrange in a systematic form) · fr codifier (reduce to a code) · ru кодифици́ровать (reduce to a code)