Learn English – a term that means “to force into a particular form”

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I'm looking for a term that describes "forcing into a particular form", "forcing into looking like something else", or even "forcefully fitting into a category"

Ex:

"We (word) the function/statement/etc. into this particular form so that we can make statements about it using what we already know"

Best Answer

To borrow from programming terminology, to coerce or to cast might fit.

We can coerce an adjective into a noun by adding a -ness ending to it, which may be understood even if, technically, it isn't the correct noun form.

We cast expressions into variables to save our hands when writing equations.

Or simply even convert

We convert the function into this particular form so that we can make statements we already know.

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