Verb

• S: (v) formalize (formalize%2:41:00::), formalise (formalise%2:41:00::) (make formal or official) "We formalized the appointment and gave him a title"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) declare (declare%2:32:04::), adjudge (adjudge%2:32:00::), hold (hold%2:32:11::) (declare to be) "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"
• S: (v) evaluate (evaluate%2:31:01::), pass judgment (pass_judgment%2:31:00::), judge (judge%2:31:00::) (form a critical opinion of) "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"
• S: (v) think (think%2:31:00::), cogitate (cogitate%2:31:00::), cerebrate (cerebrate%2:31:00::) (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments) "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) validate (validate%2:41:00::), formalize (formalize%2:41:01::), formalise (formalise%2:41:01::) (declare or make legally valid)