formulate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: formulate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
formulate v elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis" Synonym(s): explicate, formulate, develop come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light" Synonym(s): invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees" Synonym(s): give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate prepare according to a formula
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Formulate \For"mu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Formulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Formulating}.] To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression. --G. P. Marsh.