CODIFY (codified)

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Irregular inflected form: codified   

 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 law

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CODIFY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they codify    ... he / she / it codifies   
Past simple: codified   
Past participle: codified   
-ing form: codifying   

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)