codify

verb

Etymology: 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.

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.