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codify

verb as in systematize

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But that practice was not codified and did not happen in western Altadena.

Except for that pesky detail of history proving that many states, if left to their own devices, will happily codify structural inequities that foment chaos.

From Salon

There also needs to be a codified rulebook for official competitions.

From BBC

Domestic U.S. legal issues aside – and concerns have been raised on those grounds, too – the killings in the Caribbean violated the human right to life, an ancient principle codified today in leading human rights treaties.

From Salon

Voters in seven states last fall voted to codify a right to abortion in their state constitutions via ballot initiatives.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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