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philippizing

philippizing is the present participle and gerund 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 philippizing

What is philippizing the present participle and gerund of?
Philippizing is the present participle and gerund of philippize.

Words near philippizing in the dictionary

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

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