Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To philosophize.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To play the philosopher; to moralize.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb rare To
philosophize .
Etymologies
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Examples
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This is, said Gargantua, that which Plato saith, Lib. 5 de Republ., that those commonwealths are happy, whose rulers philosophate, and whose philosophers rule.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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This is, said Gargantua, that which Plato saith, Lib. 5 de Republ., that those commonwealths are happy, whose rulers philosophate, and whose philosophers rule.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Others, induced by pride, dive into hard words, and philosophate among women touching the
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy Various 1909
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This is, said Gargantua, that which Plato saith, Lib. 5 de Republ., that those commonwealths are happy, whose rulers philosophate, and whose philosophers rule.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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Item, you are not young, which is a competent quality for you to philosophate more than physically in wine, not in vain, and henceforwards to be of the
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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You just set there and read or philosophate or whatever an educated person does instead of dozing off. "
Prentice Alvin Card, Orson Scott 1989
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