formulize

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formulise

Etymology edit

Verb edit

formulize (third-person singular simple present formulizes, present participle formulizing, simple past and past participle formulized)

(transitive) To reduce to a formula; to formularize.
(transitive) To formulate.
- 1856, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “English Traits: Personal”, in English Traits:
  His opinions of French, English, Irish, and Scotch, seemed rashly formulized from little anecdotes of what had befallen himself and members of his family, in a diligence or stage-coach.

References edit

“formulize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.