codify

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈkəʊ.dɪˌfaɪ/    美 /ˈkɑ.dɪˌfaɪ/|[ˈkɑ.ɾɪˌfaɪ]|/ˈkoʊ.dɪˌfaɪ/|[ˈkoʊ.ɾɪˌfaɪ]

英文释义

动词 v.
  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 vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “ near-aissance.”
  3. To enact as an official rule or law.

词形变化

codifies present,singular,third-person codifying participle,present codified participle,past codified past

词汇关系

近义词
inscripturate systematize systematise
衍生词
codifiability codifiable codification codifier decodify geocodify miscodify noncodified recodification recodify uncodifiable uncodify unicodification
相关词
code codex

词源

Etymology tree
English code
Latin -i-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-fakāō
Latin -ficō
Latin -ificāreder.
Old French -ifierbor.
Middle English -ifien
English -ify
English codify
From code + -ify.
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