Codify is a verb that means to arrange in a system.

Our word of the day comes from the Latin word codex (KOE dex) which refers to a ‘systemic classification of laws.’ These days, we codify — or classify — a number of things, not just laws. Here’s an example of codify in use.

After years of simply estimating how many times we had to beg my parents to take us to Disney world before they’d surrender, we decided to codify our efforts. After systemizing our begging, we knew exactly how long we had to pester them.