codify

/ˈkoʊdɪfaɪ/
verb
  1. To arrange laws, rules, or principles into a systematic and organized collection.
    • The company's HR department is trying to codify its informal dress code policies.
    • Ancient Roman lawyers worked to codify centuries of legal decisions into a single code.
    • The government decided to codify the country's scattered environmental regulations into one clear law.
  2. To express something in a clear, organized, or standard form.
    • The coach wanted to codify the team's best plays into a simple playbook.
    • Scientists are trying to codify the rules of grammar for this newly discovered language.
    • The chef wrote a cookbook to codify her family's traditional recipes for future generations.
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