formulizev.
/ˈfɔːmjᵿlʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈfɔrmjəˌlaɪz/ transitive. To reduce to or express in a formula; to construct a formula for.
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the mind > language > statement > reducing to or expressing in a formula > reduce to or express in a formula [verb (transitive)]
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1859 D. Masson Brit. Novelists iv. 255 The ideas of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity which that Revolution had promulgated and formulized.
1860 B. F. Westcott Introd. Study Gospels i. 44 The labours of priests and scribes in after time formulized what the prophets had taught.
1882 T. Mozley Reminisc. Oriel II. cv. 228 They have formulized their religion into these two monosyllables.
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ˈformulized adj.
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1865 E. B. Pusey Eirenicon 94 That vast formulized theory.
ˈformulizer n. one who formulizes.
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the mind > language > statement > reducing to or expressing in a formula > [noun] > one who
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1864 C. Kingsley Roman & Teuton x. 293 The formulizers of that law were none other than the celibate Roman clergy.
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