Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
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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