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philosophise

philosophise is the alternative spelling of philosophize.

Meaning of philosophize

Verb

philosophize (third-person singular simple present philosophizes, present participle philosophizing, simple past and past participle philosophized)

  1. To ponder or reason out philosophically.
    • The popular influence of the scientific specialist begins to rival that of the philosopher only when he ceases to be a specialist and commences to philosophize about the progress of his subject—and usually only after he has been taken up by the intellectuals for reasons which have little to do with...1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 424

Forms of philosophise

third-person singular presentphilosophises
present participlephilosophising
past participlephilosophised
pastphilosophised

Questions about philosophise

What is philosophise the alternative spelling of?
Philosophise is the alternative spelling of philosophize.

Words near philosophise in the dictionary

  1. philosophie
  2. philosophied
  3. philosophies
  4. philosophies of mind
  5. philosophies of science
  6. philosophise
  7. philosophised
  8. philosophiser
  9. philosophisers
  10. philosophises
  11. philosophising

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