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codify

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of codify

1 to arrange or assign according to type

codify these ancient cultures according to their political structures

Synonyms of codify

assort, break down, categorize, class, classify, compartment, compartmentalize, digest, distinguish, distribute, grade, group, peg, place, range, rank, relegate, separate, sort, type

Words Related to codify

array, dispose, draw up, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, systematize

alphabetize, catalog (or catalogue), file, index, list, refer

pigeonhole, shelve

identify, recognize

cull, screen, set, sieve, sift, winnow

clump, cluster, colligate

recategorize, reclassify, regroup

Near Antonyms of codify

confuse, disarrange, jumble, lump, mix (up), scramble

misclassify, missort, mistype

2 to put into a particular arrangement

the rules for the game were codified over a hundred years ago

Synonyms of codify

arrange, array, classify, dispose, draw up, lay out, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, range, systematize

Words Related to codify

groom, make up, spruce (up), straighten (up), tidy (up)

align (also aline), cue, line, line up, queue

alphabetize, file, hierarchize, prioritize, sequence

emplace, place, set

display, map (out), set out

Antonyms of codify

derange, disarrange, disarray, disorder, mess (up), muss (up), rumple, upset

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