Word.ws English Dictionary

philosophated

philosophated is the simple past and past participle of philosophate.

Meaning of philosophate

Verb

philosophate (third-person singular simple present philosophates, present participle philosophating, simple past and past participle philosophated)

  1. (rare) To philosophize.
    • If, as some say, to philosophate be to doubt; with much more reason, to rave and fantastiquize, as I doe, must necessarily be to doubt[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 3, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Questions about philosophated

What is philosophated the simple past and past participle of?
Philosophated is the simple past and past participle of philosophate.

Words near philosophated in the dictionary

  1. philosophaster
  2. philosophastering
  3. philosophasters
  4. philosophastry
  5. philosophate
  6. philosophated
  7. philosophates
  8. philosophating
  9. philosophation
  10. philosophations
  11. philosophe

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: philosophated (page history and authors); philosophate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “philosophated.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/philosophated. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.