(~s, formulating, ~d)
1.
If you ~ something such as a plan or proposal, you invent it, thinking about the details carefully.
Little by little, he ~d his plan for escape.
= devise
VERB: V n
2.
If you ~ a thought, opinion, or idea, you express it or describe it using particular words.
I was impressed by the way he could ~ his ideas.
= articulate
VERB: V n