formulate
[fawr-myuh-leyt]
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verb (used with object), for·mu·lat·ed, for·mu·lat·ing.
to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
to devise or develop, as a method, system, etc.
to reduce to or express in a formula.
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He became the lawgiver, the founder of classicism, the formulator of the academic ideal.
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