cod´i|fi|ca´tion

cod´i|fi|ca´tion
cod|i|fy «KOD uh fy, KOH duh-», transitive verb, -fied, -fy|ing.
1. to arrange (laws) according to a system: »

The laws of France began to be codified in 1800 by order of Napoleon I.

2. to reduce to a general system; systematize: »

The attempt to probe into complex issues which cannot reasonably be simplified into a codified answer, may lead to spurious results which are all the more dangerous because of their apparently “scientific” form of presentation (Anthony H. Richmond).

[< code + -fy]
cod´i|fi|ca´tion, noun.
cod´i|fi´er, noun.

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