formulate

1. (transitive) To put into a clear and definite form of statement or expression.Examples: "He failed to formulate his ideas more clearly."; "The Assembly then formulated its demands, which were thirty in number, including the removal of all Huguenot temples built near churches"; "Another source of evidence supporting the conclusion that children learn language by formulating a set of rules comes from the errors that they produce. A case in point are overgeneralized past tense forms like comed, goed, seed, buyed, bringed, etc. frequently used by young children."transitive