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formulate, v.|ˈfɔːmjʊleɪt|
[f. formula + -ate3. Cf. F. formuler.]
trans. To reduce to a formula; to express in (or as in) a formula; to set forth in a definite and systematic statement.
1860Earl Carnarvon Recoll. Druses Lebanon v. 49 The Druse doctrines were..rapidly formulated into a system. 1862H. Spencer First Princ. i. iv. §26 (1875) 88 Besides that definite consciousness of which Logic formulates the laws, there is also an indefinite consciousness which cannot be formulated. 1880Kinglake Crimea VI. ix. 225 Lord Raglan did not unconsciously formulate for himself any settled design. 1883Q. Rev. CLVI. 326 The Heads of Houses..entrusted the Provost..with the responsibility of formulating the document. 1893A. Conan Doyle Mem. S. Holmes 12, I listened..to the dialogue of the two detectives. Gregory was formulating his theory. 1906E. Phillpotts Portreeve i. x, She..stood for the moment powerless to formulate a clear pathway through this thicket of ideas. 1907Smart Set Mar. 134 He resolved to send her some volumes of Ruskin and to formulate a graduated course of reading. 1910E. M. Albanesi For Love of Anne Lambart 91 Anne began to put into movement the scheme that had formulated itself in her mind. 1924A. D. Sedgwick Little French Girl i. vii. 69 It was strange to her, as she spoke, to feel how deeply she knew all this about Giles, though she had never before formulated it to herself.
Hence ˈformulator; ˈformulated, ˈformulating ppl. adjs.
1860Marsh Eng. Lang. 235 Formulated doctrine. 1876C. M. Davies Unorth. Lond. 99 An established, formulated, orthodox spiritism. 1895Athenæum 24 Aug. 253/1 The formulating effects of his [Laud's] churchmanship. 1919K. Pearson in C. Goring Eng. Convict 12 The use by the formulator of a thoroughly unscientific method does not justify us in rejecting his hypothesis. 1966New Statesman 13 May 682/1 The three officials..should not be regarded..simply as civil servants. Stan Morris..is more a formulator of policy. |