geologize

American  

[jee-ol-uh-jahyz] / dʒiˈɒl əˌdʒaɪz /

especially British, geologise

verb (used without object)

geologized, geologizing

1. to study geology.

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verb (used with object)

geologized, geologizing

1. to examine geologically.

geologize British  

/ dʒɪˈɒləˌdʒaɪz /

verb

1. to study the geological features of (an area)

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Etymology

Origin of geologize

First recorded in 1825–35; geolog(y) + -ize

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Example Sentences

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geologize geologized geologizing

We continued travelling northward, in a zigzag line; sometimes stopping a day to geologize.

From The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin

Note 1.—Other words, kindred to the above, containing this root-form are: geometric, geometrical, geometrician, geographic, geologize, geologist.

From Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois by Elmer W. Cavins

And between the intervals of eating fruit, we will geologize on the way home, with this little bit of paper to show us where we are.

From Madam How and Lady Why by Charles Kingsley

Here I would botanize or geologize at my will.

From A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

But, although he was not hunting, the doctor had not time to geologize; he had to walk too quickly, in order to keep up with his friends.

From The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Edouard Riou

In these walks young master botanized and geologized his own father, and Sir Charles gave him a little politics, history, and English poetry, in return.

From A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day by Charles Reade

I have, when botanizing and geologizing, walked my twelve or fifteen leagues a day for eight days in succession, carrying on my back a heavy bag loaded with plants or minerals.

From Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence by Louis Agassiz

Here, after having made a fire and pitched a tent in which to deposit wraps, provisions etc., the company dispersed in various directions along the shore, geologizing, botanizing, and collecting.

From Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence by Louis Agassiz

They were to descend to the beach, and walk along the shore to Linkthwaite Bay, a distance of about three miles, geologizing as they went.

From The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story by Stanley Davis

While learned men were geologizing through the successive stratifications of humanity, a new claimant appeared.

From The Gentle Reader by Samuel McChord Crothers

Mushroom hunting is akin in pleasure to botanizing, geologizing, or the gathering of any natural history specimens.

From The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald

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