reformulatev.

1869 Congregational Q. 11 31 Be the creed kept free from antiquated phraseology like a tree from dead wood; reformulated from time to time, as the Christian consciousness attains to clearer thought and more exact expressions.

1882 Academy 14 Jan. 29/1 As Luther's doctrine of justification by faith reformulated Gospel truth for the Reformation era.

1921 Philos. Rev. 30 494 Like the Copernican system, the principle of selection by reformulating familiar facts revolutionized men's thoughts throughout a whole domain of inquiry.

1962 E. E. Evans-Pritchard Ess. Social Anthropol. 9 Our knowledge has increased and some of our theoretical propositions have had to be reformulated accordingly.

1968 C. G. Kuper Introd. Theory Superconductivity iv. 55 These questions must be carefully reformulated before they can be answered.

2005 C. Stross Accelerando vi. 258 The translation membrane wibbles for a while, apparently reformulating some more abstract concepts in a manner that the corporation can absorb.

1960 Agric. & Food Chem. 8 166/3 In this case, it may be cheaper to reformulate and use more nitrogen solution.

1967 Lancet 21 Jan. 153/2 One firm wishing to test its product against a well-established drug found that it was not allowed to reformulate the marketed brand so that the test and control drugs would be identical.

1995 Environmental Performance 1994 (ICI Group Statement) 10/1 We are involved in reformulating acrylic resins to replace organic solvents with water-based alternatives.

2007 Wall St. Jrnl. 7 Sept. b6/3 Two enhanced-water brands..will be reformulated with new sweeteners, nutrients and other ingredients.