"act or process of reducing to a code or system," 1817 (Bentham), noun of action from codify.
"to reduce to a code or digest, to arrange or systematize," c. 1800 (Bentham), from code (n.) + -ify. Related: codified; codifying.
updated on January 08, 2018
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