Category:Philosophize

Phi*los"o*phize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Philosophized; p. pr. & vb. n. Philosophizing.]

Defn: to reason like a philosopher; to search into the reason and Nature of things; to investigate phenomena, and assign rational Causes for their existence. Man philosophizes as he lives. He may philosophize well or ill, but Philosophize he must. Sir w. Hamilton.