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

Example Sentences

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geologize geologized geologizing

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 Kingsley, Charles

Here I would botanize or geologize at my will.

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

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 Cavins, Elmer W.

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

From The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles

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 Riou, Edouard

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 Reade, Charles

Blake, who was now geologizing and doing topographical work, discovered several lignite seams in the hills on the east coast; he had finished his chart of the island.

From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir

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 Davis, Stanley

We will do a little geologizing for the professor, if we have time.

From We Two, a novel by Lyall, Edna

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 Agassiz, Louis

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

From The Gentle Reader by Crothers, Samuel McChord