Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To follow the opinions or philosophy of Plato; reason like Plato; emulate Plato.
  • To explain on the principles of the Platonic school, or to accommodate to those principles.
  • Also spelled Platonise.

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

  • intransitive verb To adopt the opinion of Plato or his followers.
  • transitive verb To explain by, or accomodate to, the Platonic philosophy.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive To explain by, or accommodate to, the Platonic philosophy.

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