Codifies

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To establish a systematic and formal collection of rules or laws for clarity and application
2. To organize and set down laws or regulations systematically into an official code
3. To create a structured compilation of legal rules or principles in an orderly written format

Etymology: This is the third-person singular present form of "codify," which is built from "code" and the suffix "-ify." "Code" came into English through Old French from Latin "codex," a manuscript book, while "-ify" descends from Latin "-ificare," meaning "to make," so to codify is to make laws into an organized written code.

Synonyms: systematize, organize, arrange, classify, regulate

Antonyms: disorganize, chaos, scatter, disorder, confuse