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Philosophize
philosophize
(philosophizes, philosophizing, philosophized) Note: in BRIT, also use 'philosophise' If you say that someone is philosophizing, you mean that they are talking or thinking about important subjects, sometimes instead of doing something practical. He philosophized, he admitted, not because he was certain of establishing the truth, but because it gave him pleasure. ...a tendency to philosophize about racial harmony. VERB: V, V about/on n, also V with quote • philosophizing The General was anxious to cut short the philosophizing and get down to more urgent problems. N-UNCOUNT
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verb (-phized; -phizing) Date: 1594 intransitive verb 1. to reason in the manner of a philosopher 2. to expound a moralizing and often superficial philosophy transitive verb to consider from or bring into conformity with a philosophical point of view • ~r noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. (also -ise) 1 intr. reason like a philosopher. 2 intr. moralize. 3 intr. speculate; theorize. 4 tr. render philosophic. Derivatives philosophizer n. Etymology: app. f. F philosopher ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. философствовать; вдаваться в философские рассуждения; теоретизировать; подводить философскую базу ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ also -ise BrE v I + abou to make remarks about the nature and meaning of things as if you were a philosopher ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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