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Definition of Formalise
1. Verb. Make formal or official. "We formalized the appointment and gave him a title"
Specialized synonyms: Ritualise, Ritualize
Generic synonyms: Adjudge, Declare, Hold
Derivative terms: Formalisation, Formalization
2. Verb. Declare or make legally valid.
Generic synonyms: Authorise, Authorize, Clear, Pass
Specialized synonyms: Ratify, Sign, Co-sign, Cosign, Probate
Derivative terms: Formalisation, Formalization
Antonyms: Invalidate
Definition of Formalise
1. Verb. (alternative spelling of formalize) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Formalise
1. [v -ISED, -ISING, -ISES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Formalise
Literary usage of Formalise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. State of the Nation: South Africa 2007 by S Buhlungu (2007)
"Overall, Pretoria is primarily interested in helping the DRC to formalise the
exploitation of its minerals. With regard to gold, there is already an ..."
2. A new system of logic: Adapted to Moral Philosophy. [With] Two More Books On by Samuel Richard Bosanquet (1870)
"But let us change it and formalise it again :—All things which all (or ...
Let us try to formalise it. The inward revelation is a thing which the saints (? ..."
3. The Contemporary Review (1870)
"... and general agreement, when elicited, can be in no way recorded so advantageously
as in the adoption of rules which embody and formalise it. ..."