as a matter of form

:  a subject under consideration

:  a subject of disagreement or litigation

:  the events or circumstances of a particular situation

:  to form or discharge pus :  suppurate

:  to be of importance :  signify

:  the shape and structure of something as distinguished from its material

:  a body (as of a person) especially in its external appearance or as distinguished from the face :  figure

:  beauty

:  to give a particular shape to :  shape or mold into a certain state or after a particular model

:  to arrange themselves in

:  to model by instruction and discipline