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philippizes

philippizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of philippize.

Meaning of philippize

Verb (1)

philippize (third-person singular simple present philippizes, present participle philippizing, simple past and past participle philippized)

  1. (archaic, historical) To support or advocate the cause of Philip of Macedon; (more generally) to speak as someone who has been wrongly inspired or corrupted.
    • I know they set him up as a sort of oracle; because, with the best intentions in the world, he naturally philippizes, and chaunts his prophetic song in exact unison with their designs.1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford, published 2009, page 11

Verb (2)

philippize (third-person singular simple present philippizes, present participle philippizing, simple past and past participle philippized)

  1. (obsolete) To write or speak in the style of a philippic; to rant.
    • I feel tempted, just here, to philippize the press. It needs castigation, but this will never prove effective, because a portion of the evil lies in the popular appetite.1864, The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine

Questions about philippizes

What is philippizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Philippizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of philippize.

Words near philippizes in the dictionary

  1. philippium
  2. philippize
  3. philippized
  4. philippizer
  5. philippizers
  6. philippizes
  7. philippizing
  8. Philippon
  9. Philippopolis
  10. Philippot
  11. Philippou

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