formulate

Etymology

From formula + -ate.

verb

1. (transitive) To put into a clear and definite form of statement or expression.
   The Assembly then formulated its demands, which were thirty in number, including the removal of all Huguenot temples built near churches 1876, George Perkins Marsh, Mediaeval and Modern Saints and Miracles
   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. 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational Grammar, Cambridge: University Press, page 19