philosophise

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A form of philosophize — To ponder or reason out philosophically.

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Meanings

verbphilosophise (third-person singular simple present philosophises, present participle philosophising, simple past and past participle philosophised)

present singular third person philosophises · participle present philosophising · participle past philosophised · past philosophised

  1. AustraliaNew ZealandUKalternativeAlternative spelling of philosophize.
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    "Not that the parting speech caused Amelia to philosophise, or that it armed her in any way with a calmness, the result of argument; but it was intolerably dull, pompous, and tedious; and having the fear of her schoolmistress greatly before her eyes, Miss Sedley did not venture, in her presence, to give way to any ebullitions of private grief."

    1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 16, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

verbreason philosophically

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Cite this entry
APA

philosophise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/philosophise

MLA

“philosophise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/philosophise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “philosophise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/philosophise.

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