formalize

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: for=mal=ize

CIDE DICTIONARY

formalize, v. t. 

•  To give form, or a certain form, to; to model.  [1913 Webster]
•  To render formal.  [1913 Webster]

formalize, v. i. 

 To affect formality.  ales.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

formalize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 give definite shape or legal formality to.
2 make ceremonious, precise, or rigid; imbue with formalism.

Derivative

formalization n.

THESAURUS

formalize

agree on terms, block out, carve, cast, celebrate, chisel, codify, conventionalize, create, cut, dignify, efform, fashion, figure, fix, forge, form, found, frame, hew, knead, knock out, lay out, lick into shape, mint, model, mold, normalize, observe, regularize, ritualize, rough out, roughcast, roughhew, sculpt, sculpture, seal, set, shake hands, shape, sign, solemnize, stamp, standardize, strike a bargain, stylize, tailor, thermoform, work