different between codifier vs codify

English

Etymology

codify +? -er.

Noun

codifier (plural codifiers)

1. A person who codifies.

French

Etymology

From Latin c?dex +? -ifier.

Verb

codifier

1. to codify

Conjugation

Further reading

• “codifier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

code +? -ify

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?.d??fa?/, /?ko?.d??fa?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??.d??fa?/

Verb

codify (third-person singular simple present codifies, present participle codifying, simple past and past participle codified)

1. To reduce to a code, to arrange into a code.

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.”

Synonyms

• systematize

Derived terms

Related terms

• code
• codex

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