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uncodify

uncodify verb: to restore the original from the codified version.

Verb

uncodify (third-person singular simple present uncodifies, present participle uncodifying, simple past and past participle uncodified)

  1. to restore the original from the codified version
    • The first alteration made by the committee was to uncodify the bill. It was sent to them as a code and digest of the law in articles.1849, {unattributed}, The Law Magazine: Or, Quarterly Review of Jurisprudence, Volume 11; Volume 42

Forms of uncodify

third-person singular presentuncodifies
present participleuncodifying
past participleuncodified
pastuncodified

Origin of uncodify

From un- + codify.

Questions about uncodify

What does uncodify mean?
Uncodify means to restore the original from the codified version.
What part of speech is uncodify?
Uncodify is a verb.
What is the past tense of uncodify?
The past tense of uncodify is uncodified.

Words near uncodify in the dictionary

  1. uncoded
  2. uncodedness
  3. uncodifiable
  4. uncodified
  5. uncodifies
  6. uncodify
  7. uncodifying
  8. uncodlike
  9. uncoerced
  10. uncoercible
  11. uncoercive

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