philosophate

English

Etymology

From the participle stem of Latin philosophārī, from philosophus (“philosopher”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɪˈlɒsəfeɪt/

Verb

philosophate (third-person singular simple present philosophates, present participle philosophating, simple past and past participle philosophated)

1. (rare) To philosophize.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 3, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     If, as some say, to philosophate be to doubt; with much more reason, to rave and fantastiquize, as I doe, must necessarily be to doubt […].

   • 1661, Galileo Galilei, translated by Thomas Salusbury, Dialogues on Two World Systems:

     Logick, as it is well understood, is the Organe with which we philosophate […].

Latin

Participle

philosophāte

1. vocative masculine singular of philosophātus