Associations to the word «Formalize»

Wiktionary

FORMALIZE, verb. To give something a definite form; to shape.
FORMALIZE, verb. To give something a formal or official standing.
FORMALIZE, verb. To act with formality.

Dictionary definition

FORMALIZE, verb. Make formal or official; "We formalized the appointment and gave him a title".
FORMALIZE, verb. Declare or make legally valid.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky