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from The Century Dictionary.

  • To philosophize.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb obsolete To play the philosopher; to moralize.

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  • verb rare To philosophize.

Etymologies

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From the participle stem of Latin philosophārī, from philosophus ("philosopher").

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