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for·mal·ize    Audio Help   [fawr-muh-lahyz] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz·ing.
1.to make formal, esp. for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
2.to give a definite form or shape to.
3.to state or restate (the rules or implied rules of a grammar or the like) in symbolic form.
Also, especially British, for·mal·ise.


[Origin: 1590–1600; formal1 + -ize]

for·mal·i·za·tion, noun
for·mal·iz·er, noun
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