uncodify

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verb

to restore the original from the codified version

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Meanings

verbuncodify (third-person singular simple present uncodifies, present participle uncodifying, simple past and past participle uncodified)

present singular third person uncodifies · participle present uncodifying · participle past uncodified · past uncodified

  1. to restore the original from the codified version

    The first alteration made by the committee was to uncodify the bill. It was sent to them as a code and digest of the law in articles.

    1849, {unattributed}, The Law Magazine: Or, Quarterly Review of Jurisprudence, Volume 11; Volume 42

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
decodify

Origin

From un- + codify.

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Cite this entry
APA

uncodify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncodify

MLA

“uncodify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncodify. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncodify,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncodify.

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