formalize

Verb
Synonyms: formalisevalidate

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. make formal or official“We formalized the appointment and gave him a title”Synonyms: formalise
  2. declare or make legally validSynonyms: validateformalise
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Formalize \Form"al*ize\, v. i. To affect formality. [Obs.] --ales. [1913 Webster]
Formalize \Form"al*ize\ (f[^o]rm"al*[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Formalized (f[^o]rm"al*[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Formalizing (f[^o]rm"al*[imac]`z[i^]ng).]

1.To give form, or a certain form, to; to model. [R.] [1913 Webster]

2.To render formal. [1913 Webster]

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