Officialized
Officialized is the past tense and past participle of the verb officialize (or officialise), meaning to make something official by formal action, to confer official status, or to formalize through legitimate procedures. It denotes that a policy, appointment, document, agreement, or program has passed the requisite steps to be recognized as legitimate by an authority.
Etymology: The term combines the adjective official with the verb-forming suffix -ize. The base adjective derives
Forms and variants: American English typically uses officialize and officialized, while British English may use officialise
Usage notes: Officialized is common in governmental, corporate governance, and organizational contexts, especially in formal or
Examples: The government officially announced the policy after it was officialized by the cabinet. The university’s
See also: official, formalize, authorize, legitimise/legitimize, accreditation.