Full Idea
Form is the state and condition of a thing, a result of the connection among its material principles; it is a constituting principle, not an operative one.
Gist of Idea
Form is the principle that connects a thing's constitution (rather than being operative)
Source
Nicholas Hill (Philosophia Epicurea [1610], n 35)
Book Reference
Pasnau,Robert: 'Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671' [OUP 2011], p.182
A Reaction
Pasnau presents this as a denial of form, but it looks to me like someone fishing for what form could be in a more scientific context. Aristotle would have approved of 'principles'. Hill seems to defend the categorical against the dispositional.