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Verb: formalise  'formu`lIz
Usage: Brit (=formalize)
  1. Make formal or official
    "We formalised the appointment and gave him a title"
    - formalize
     
  2. Declare or make legally valid
    - validate, formalize

Derived forms: formalises, formalised, formalising

See also: formalisation [Brit]

Type of: adjudge, authorise [Brit], authorize, clear, declare, hold, pass