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codifies

codifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of codify.

Meaning of codify

Verb

codify (third-person singular simple present codifies, present participle codifying, simple past and past participle codified)

  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...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.

Questions about codifies

What is codifies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Codifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of codify.

Words near codifies in the dictionary

  1. codificationists
  2. codifications
  3. codified
  4. codifier
  5. codifiers
  6. codifies
  7. codify
  8. codifying
  9. codifyings
  10. codigest
  11. codigested

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