To express in formal shape; to formulate; to state formally. Also with up. Obsolete.

transitive. Chiefly with in. To express (in a particular form); to render (an answer, oath, letter, etc.) in writing or speech; to couch. Now rare.

? To state in a precise form; to formulate.

transitive. To express in a formula or formal statement; to formulate.

= formulate, v.

transitive. To reduce to or express in a formula; to construct a formula for.

transitive. To reduce to a formula; to express in (or as in) a formula; to set forth in a definite and systematic statement.