| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To frame.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To compose. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To constitute, create or make.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Present participle conjugation of the verb formalize.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (formalize) | 1. Make formal or official; "We formalized the appointment and gave him a title".[Wordnet]. 2. Declare or make legally valid.[Wordnet]. 3. To give form, or a certain form, to; to model.[Websters]. 4. To render formal.[Websters]. 5. To affect formality.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: formalizing, formalized, formalizes, formalizer, formalizers, formalizingly and formalizedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "FORMALIZING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: formalize
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To model.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Verb] To act with formality. (references) | 2: [Verb] To give something a definite form; to shape. (references) | 3: [Verb] To give something a formal or official standing. (references) |
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