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• v  make formal or official
  We formalized the appointment and gave him a title
• v  declare or make legally valid
• a  concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art)
  highly formalized plays like `Waiting for Godot'
• s  given formal standing or endorsement; made official or legitimate by the observance of proper procedures

• Derived from the elaborate 16th century rituals of the Japanese tea ceremony, kaiseki has evolved into a highly formalized meal that celebrates the seasons by using only fresh .
• Youngblood went there, wandered around for a few days, but the order was never formalized.
• When the countries finally formalized ties, they excluded mention of the islands from the treatyan act of expediency that continues to haunt them.

• formalize
• formalise
• validate
• formalistic
• formalised

• invalidate

News & Articles

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• Sweden Air Force Targets C-130 Upgrade Decision in 2014
  The Swedish air force plans to decide whether to upgrade or replace its fleet of eight Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) C-130 transport planes as part of a 10-year strategic program due to be formalized next year.
  June 17, 2013 - Bloomberg
• Washington same-sex marriages by county
  Last year Washington voters approved same-sex marriage, and beginning on Dec. 6, 2012, the ceremonies began. Through March 31, 20.7 percent of ceremonies statewide involved same-sex couples. No doubt that high percentage reflects a backlog of relationships to be formalized.
  June 17, 2013 - Everett Herald
• Ecopetrol filed an amendment to give effect and formalize changes to its bylaws approved by its General Shareholders ...
  BOGOTA, Colombia, June 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ecopetrol S.A. (NYSE: EC; BVC: ECOPETROL; TSX: ECP) announces that the amendment to its bylaws approved by its General Shareholders' Meeting on was formalized ...
  June 14, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Terri Irwin in Prince George Citizen
  We are working with Oregon State University to do formalized research in the southern hemisphere,Terri Irwin told the Nine Network television. "We can actually learn everything the Japanese are learning with lethal research by using...
• Warren Jeffs in The Associated Press
  The judge hasn't entered the order granting me authority as special administrator,Jeffs said. "That's just a technicality; (I) need a formalized order."
• David Wallechinsky in USA Today
  It's was a different thing, kind of catch as catch can, particularly the very early days before it got formalized,said David Wallechinsky, vice president of the International Society of Olympic Historians. "Eventually, as it got bigger,...