Codify

Full definition of codify

Verb

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.
• 1907, w, The Younger Set Chapter 5, 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.”

Derived terms

• codifiability
• codification
• codifier

Related terms

• code
• codex