Philosophise

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of philosophize. Australia, New-Zealand, UK, alt-of, alternative

    ""Not that the parting speech caused Amelia to philosophise, or that it armed her in any way with a calmness, the result of argument; but it was intolerably dull, pompous, and tedious; and having hte fear of her schoolmistress greatly before her eyes, Miss Sedley did not venture, in her presence, to give way to any ebullitions of private grief.""

  2. 2
    reason philosophically wordnet

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"To philosophise is to learn how to die."

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