scholasticize

verb3

1. •
   To fit into the framework of scholasticism.

   • Attempting to force a theory of abstraction into Augustine's theory of knowledge, these interpreters tend to scholasticize Augustine at the expense of his Platonism. — 1970
2. •
   To make excessively formal, rigid, or pedantic.

   • Now, in the post-Reformation polemical situation, Beza tended to rigidify and scholasticize many of Calvin's positions. — 1992
3. •
   To study, describe, or codify as an academic discipline.

   • A man of adhesive intelligence and energy, at ease with strong words and bold actions, he did not merely scholasticize his ideas, he lived them. — 1989