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officialize, v.|əˈfɪʃəlaɪz|
[f. official + -ize.]
1. intr. To do official work. rare.
1850Sir S. Northcote in Life (1890) I. iii. 90, I should be just as contented if I were set to grind coffee..as when I am farming or officialising.
2. trans. To render official, give an official character to; to bring under official control.
1887Sat. Rev. 16 Apr. 554 The most officialized of officials, smooth, monotonous, colourless. 1895Q. Rev. July 273 This officialising of voluntary effort would..give the working classes a larger influence. 1897Spectator 4 Sept. 297/2 An Empire officialised and regulated to death!
Hence officialiˈzation, the rendering official in form or character.
1907Daily Chron. 9 Nov. 4/4 One fails to detect a craving for any such officialisation. |