formulate

Verb

• prepare according to a formula

• put into words or an expression
  • He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees
    

• come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
  • excogitate a way to measure the speed of light
    

• elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
  • Could you develop the ideas in your thesis
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  give voice , word , phrase , articulate , invent , contrive , devise , excogitate , forge , explicate , develop