formulate
verb (used with object)
to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically.
formulable
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a word derived from
formulate.
Example Sentences
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The complete execution of it may be put off to a distant future or even indefinitely, but the idea is none the less formulable at the present time, in terms actually given.
From Bergson and His Philosophy by John Alexander Gunn
Accordingly, the mathematically formulable laws holding sway in nature came to mean the laws according to which the smallest particles in the material foundation of the world change their position with regard to each other.
From Man or Matter by Ernst Lehrs
The complete execution of it may be put off to a distant future, or even indefinitely; but the idea is none the less formulable at the present time, in terms actually given.
From Creative Evolution by Arthur Mitchell
Barren as phrenology and physiognomics were of formulable and useful results, they nevertheless served the purpose of directing attention toward the study of individual differences in mental characteristics as a distinct branch of inquiry.
From Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods by Harry L. Hollingworth
