Definition of Formalise

1. Verb. Make formal or official. "We formalized the appointment and gave him a title"

Exact synonyms: Formalize
Specialized synonyms: Ritualise, Ritualize
Generic synonyms: Adjudge, Declare, Hold
Derivative terms: Formalisation, Formalization

2. Verb. Declare or make legally valid.
Exact synonyms: Formalize, Validate
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

formal system
formal validity
formaldehyde
formaldehyde dismutase
formaldehyde ferredoxin oxidoreductase
formaldehyde fixative
formaldehyde reductase
formaldehyde transketolase
formaldehydes
formalin
formalin pigment
formalinise
formalins
formalisable
formalisation
formalise (current term)
formalised
formalises
formalising
formalism
formalisms
formalist
formalistic
formalists
formalities
formality
formalizability
formalizable
formalization
formalizations

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. ..."

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