formatized

Verb

formatize (third-person singular simple present formatizes, present participle formatizing, simple past and past participle formatized)

1. (rare) To trim or add to a picture in order to make it fit into a standard frame size.
   • The desired symmetry was only achieved by "formatizing" great masterpieces; and this was why Christian von Mechel had to remove additions to pictures and remedy losses when the Hapsburg paintings were moved from the Stallburg to the new museum in the Belvedere Palace.1982, Joseph Alsop, The Rare Art Traditions, page 120
2. (rare) To prepare a specimen so that it fits a standard size and shape.
   • A small hacksaw was used to formatize rock specimens.1968, Serviços Geológicos de Portugal, Contribuição para a fauna do Kimeridgiano da mina de lignito Guimarota (Leiria, Portugal), page 11
3. (rare) To translate or render into a specific format.
   • The 'reference file' ICDSOL is built by means of an auxiliary program, ICDTEST, that simply reads correction commands, according to a format similar to that of the stored commands, and then it checks, formatizes and finally stores them in the disc file ICDSOT.1976, IEEE Computer Society, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Technology for Selective Dissemination of Information