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

: formic acid

: in the form or shape of : resembling