1770, Joseph Banks, The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks, entry for 1770 January 22. http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty.html#banks Dr Solander and Myself were botanizing
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Botanize
//ˈbɒtənaɪz//
Synonyms for "botanize" (1 found)
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Verb(1 words)
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14 translations across 14 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- батанізаваць verb (do the work of a botanist)
Czech
1 entries- botanizovat verb (do the work of a botanist)
Danish
1 entries- botanisere verb (do the work of a botanist)
French
1 entries- botaniser verb (do the work of a botanist)
German
1 entries- botanisieren verb (do the work of a botanist)
Greek
1 entries- βοτανολογώ verb (do the work of a botanist)
Ido
1 entries- botanizar verb (do the work of a botanist)
Portuguese
1 entries- botanizar verb (do the work of a botanist)
Romanian
1 entries- botaniza verb (do the work of a botanist)
Russian
1 entries- ботанизировать verb (do the work of a botanist)
Slovak
1 entries- botanizovat verb (do the work of a botanist)
Spanish
1 entries- botanizar verb (do the work of a botanist)
Swedish
1 entries- botanisera verb (do the work of a botanist)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ботанізувати verb (do the work of a botanist)
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When he was not studying, he was botanizing or mineralogizing with O'Toole's chaplain.
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'Tis best when Frank takes his cousin ashore, / She loves botanising, / While Sissy who's left, can handle an oar / In a manner surprising.
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The only compensation he could get seems to have been to botanize and zoologize, as it were, on his visitors.
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