formulize

English

Alternative forms

• formulise

Etymology

From formula +‎ -ize.

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To reduce to a formula; to formularize.
2. (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.

Derived terms

• formulizer

References

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