philosophate

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UK/fɪˈlɒsəfeɪt/

verb

To philosophize.

OriginLatin philosophārī →
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Meanings

verbphilosophate (third-person singular simple present philosophates, present participle philosophating, simple past and past participle philosophated)

present singular third person philosophates · participle present philosophating · participle past philosophated · past philosophated

  1. rareTo philosophize.

    Logick, as it is well understood, is the Organe with which we philosophate[…].

    1661, Galileo Galilei, translated by Thomas Salusbury, Dialogues on Two World Systems
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    If, as some say, to philosophate be to doubt; with much more reason, to rave and fantastiquize, as I doe, must necessarily be to doubt[…].

    1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 3, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinphilosophārī
  2. Englishphilosophate

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

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APA

philosophate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/philosophate

MLA

“philosophate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/philosophate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “philosophate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/philosophate.

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