formalize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make formal or official
    formalise.
    • We formalized the appointment and gave him a title
  2. verb declare or make legally valid
    validate; formalise.

WordNet

Form"al*ize transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Formalized ; present participle & verbal noun Formalizing
Definitions
  1. To give form, or a certain form, to; to model. R.
  2. To render formal.
Form"al*ize intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To affect formality. Obs. ales.

Webster 1913