verb (v)

• elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses(verb.communication)

  Synonym:
  develop, explicate
  

  source: wordnet30
• come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort(verb.creation)

  Synonym:
  contrive, devise, excogitate, forge, invent
  

  source: wordnet30
• put into words or an expression(verb.communication)

  Example:
  He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees.
  

  Synonym:
  articulate, give voice, phrase, word
  

  source: wordnet30
• prepare according to a formula(verb.creation)

  source: wordnet30
• To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.(verb)

  source: webster1913