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CODIFY (codified)

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Irregular inflected form: codified  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does codify mean? 

CODIFY (verb)
  The verb CODIFY has 1 sense:

1. organize into a code or system, such as a body of lawplay

  Familiarity information: CODIFY used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CODIFY (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they codify  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it codifies  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: codified  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: codified  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: codifying  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Organize into a code or system, such as a body of law

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

Hammurabi codified the laws

Hypernyms (to "codify" is one way to...):

systematise; systematize; systemise; systemize (arrange according to a system or reduce to a system)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

code (a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones))

codification (the act of codifying; arranging in a systematic order)

codification (a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones))


 Context examples 


OPRR is charged with interpreting and overseeing implementation of the regulations regarding the Protection of Human Subjects codified at Title 45, Part 46, of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(Office for Protection from Research Risks, NCI Thesaurus)



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