philosophize
verb (used without object)
to speculate or theorize, usually in a superficial or imprecise manner.
philosophise
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a variation of
philosophize.
Example Sentences
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For close on half a century this man was allowed to philosophise unhindered on the streets of his hometown.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 17, 2010
By these means, they acquired a great renown; to philosophise was continually in their mouths and their writings.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 by Various
He who watches the look of proud, important bearing that beams upon 'the captain's' face at a moment like this, may philosophise upon the charms of that power which man wields above his fellow-men.
From Jack Hinton The Guardsman by Charles James Lever
And remember, don’t lose him or philosophise him out of existence on the way.
From The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance by Paul Elmer More
If Herr Duehring says of himself, "I do not philosophise from a cage," he must mean that he philosophises in a cage, the cage of the Hegelian arrangement of categories.
From Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" by Friedrich Engels
