formalizing
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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]