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

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne