| 单词 |
philosophate |
| 释义 |
† phiˈlosophate, v. Obs.
Also 7 -phat.
[f. L. philosophāt-, ppl. stem of philosophārī to do the philosopher, philosophize, f. philosoph-us: see philosoph. Perh. immed. f. F. philosopher in Montaigne: see -ate3 6.]
1. intr. To reason as a philosopher; to philosophize.
1603Florio Montaigne ii. iii. (1632) 193 If as some say, to philosophate be to doubt. 1649H. Lawrence Some Considerations 15 These..perhaps could Philosophate as mysteriously as their neighbours. 1765Sterne Tr. Shandy VII. xxxviii, So I sat me down upon a bench by the door, philosophating upon my condition.
2. trans. To philosophize upon (a thing).
1649H. Lawrence Some Considerations 34 These Sectaries..even so Philosophating the Gospel, as they made it [etc.].
Hence † phiˈlosophating vbl. n. and ppl. a. Also † philosoˈphation, philosophizing.
1644G. Plattes in Hartlib's Legacy (1655) 204 There need no other or further philosophation concerning the same. 1649H. Lawrence Some Considerations 3 A carnall and vaine Philosophating about spirituall things. 1681Glanvill Sadducismus i. (1726) 78 Our Philosophations touching an Incorporeal Being. 1802in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. VI. 244 Jobbing may be associated with [the ideas] of fame and honour in our philosophating age! |
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