Codify and Define

codify

Organize into a code or system, such as a body of law.
- usage: "Hammurabi codified the laws"

(v.t.) To reduce to a code, as laws.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

define

Determine the essential quality of.
- synonyms: specify, delineate, delimit, delimitate
Give a definition for the meaning of a word.
- usage: "Define `sadness'"
Determine the nature of.
- usage: "What defines a good wine"
Show the form or outline of.
- usage: "The tree was clearly defined by the light"; "The camera could define the smallest object"
- synonyms: delineate
Decide upon or fix definitely.
- usage: "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
- synonyms: specify, set, determine, fix, limit

(v.i.) To determine; to decide.
(v.t.) To determine or clearly exhibit the boundaries of; to mark the limits of; as, to define the extent of a kingdom or country.
(v.t.) To determine the precise signification of; to fix the meaning of; to describe accurately; to explain; to expound or interpret; as, to define a word, a phrase or a scientific term.
(v.t.) To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly; as, the defining power of an optical instrument.
(v.t.) To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary