formalize : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: formalize	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for formalize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
formalize v make formal or official; "We formalized the appointment and gave him a title" Synonym(s): formalize, formalise declare or make legally valid Synonym(s): validate, formalize, formalise Antonym(s): annul, avoid, invalidate, nullify, quash, void
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Formalize \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Formalize \Form"al*ize\, v. i. To affect formality. [Obs.] --ales.