codify

UK: /ˈkəʊdɪfaɪ/

US: /ˈkɑdəˌfaɪ, ˈkoʊdə-/

US: (kod′ə fī′, kō′də-)

Inflections of 'codify' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

codifies

v 3rd person singular

codifying

v pres p

codified

v past

codified

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

cod•i•fy /ˈkɑdəˌfaɪ, ˈkoʊdə-/   v. [~ + object] , -fied, -fy•ing. 

1. Law to arrange or put (laws, etc.) into a code:
   We want to codify the procedures.

cod•i•fi•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

cod•i•fy  (kod′ə fī′, kō′də-), v.t., -fied, -fy•ing. 

1. Law to reduce (laws, rules, etc.) to a code.
2. to make a digest of; arrange in a systematic collection.

• code + -ify 1795–1805

cod•i•fi•a•bil•i•ty  (kod′ə fī′ə bil′i tē, kō′də-), n.  cod′i•fi′er, n. 
Synonyms

• 2. . classify, catalog, order, organize, group.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

codify / ˈkəʊdɪˌfaɪ ˈkɒ-/ verb ( -fies, -fying, -fied)

1. (transitive) to organize or collect together (laws, rules, procedures, etc) into a system or code

ˌcodiˈfiable adjective

ˌcodifiaˈbility noun

ˈcodiˌfier noun