code
1. code \'ko-d\ n [ME, fr. MF, fr. L caudex, codex trunk of a tree, tablet of wood co]vered with wax for writing on, book; akin to L cudere to beat 1: a systematic statement of a body of law; esp : one given statuto ry force 2: a system of principles or rules 3: a system of signals for communication; also : a system of words or other symbols arbitrarily used to represent words 2. code vt : to put in or into the form or symbols of a code - cod.er n