单词 | philosophate |
释义 | philosophatev. rare after 17th cent. 1. intransitive. To reason as a philosopher; to philosophize. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosopher > [verb (intransitive)] philosophya1382 philosophize1594 philosophate1603 intellectualize1827 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. iii. 203 If, as some say, to philosophate [Fr. philosopher] be to doubt. 1641 J. Johnson Acad. Love 4 I began to peripatize and philosophate upon the force and efficacie of this passion, that occasioned this murder. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. ix. 59 Pantagruel was..discoursing and philosophating with his own servants. 1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VII. xxxix. 138 So I sat me down upon a bench by the door, philosophating upon my condition. 1989 O. S. Card Prentice Alvin xv. 211 You just set there and read or philosophate or whatever an educated person does instead of dozing off. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosopher > [verb (transitive)] philosophate1649 1649 H. Lawrence Some Considerations Use Holy Script. 34 These Sectaries..even so Philosophating the Gospel, as they made it [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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