FORMALIZE
validate, formalize, formalise
(verb) declare or make legally valid
formalize, formalise
(verb) make formal or official; “We formalized the appointment and gave him a title”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
formalize (third-person singular simple present formalizes, present participle formalizing, simple past and past participle formalized)
To give something a definite form; to shape.
To give something a formal or official standing.
To act with formality.
Source: Wiktionary
Form"al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Formalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Formalizing.]
1. To give form, or a certain form, to; to model. [R.]
2. To render formal.
Form"al*ize, v. i.
Definition: To affect formality. [Obs.] ales.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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