Officialised

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Made something formally recognized or authorized, giving it official status
2. Brought into official existence or confirmed by an authoritative act
3. Established or declared valid by a formal process or official approval

Etymology: "Officialised" is the past tense and past participle of "officialise", which means to give formal approval to something or make it an official matter. The verb is built from "official" and the suffix "-ise", the British spelling of "-ize", which turns a noun or adjective into a verb meaning to make or treat something in a particular way. So the sense is simply "to make official," with the base word doing nearly all the work. "Official" itself comes from Latin "officialis," an adjective meaning relating to a duty or office, which is in turn tied to "officium," meaning duty or service. The root idea is of a function performed for others, and an official was originally someone holding an office or post, before the adjective came to mean authorised by such a person. Adding "-ise" to that adjective gives the verb its sense of turning something into an authorised, formally sanctioned act.

Synonyms: formalized, authorized, validated, sanctioned, certified

Antonyms: unofficial, informal, invalidated, disallowed, rejected