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theorize, v.|ˈθiːəraɪz|
[f. as prec. + -ize: cf. med.L. theōrizāre (Scotus Erigena a 880).]
†1. trans. To contemplate, survey. Obs. rare.
1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 223 Hitherto wee have beene practicall; let mee now draw your eyes to theorize in generall the severall properties and fashions of this great Empire.
2. intr. To form or construct theories.
1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 6 Let us theorize a little upon the Mathematiques. 1797Gillies Aristotle's Ethics x. vii. I. 397 Even unassisted and alone, though perhaps better with assistants, he [the sage] can still think and theorize. 1809–10Coleridge Friend i. iv. (1865) 118 The meanest of men has his theory, and to think at all is to theorize. 1845Jebb Gen. Princ. Law in Encycl. Metrop. II. 677/1 He did not theorize without regard to facts and experience. a1862Buckle Misc. Wks. (1872) I. 16.
3. trans. To construct a theory of or about.
a1848W. A. Butler Hist. Anc. Philos. (1856) I. 40 [Mechanics] theorizes the forces and motions of the masses; [Chemistry] the intimate structure of each.
b. To suppose, or assume, in the way of theory. (With simple obj. or obj. clause.)
1838G. S. Faber Inquiry 107 We can scarcely theorise a lower depth than this glaring and scandalous prostitution of justice. 1863Cowden Clarke Shaks. Char. xx. 507 He theorised that the difference between a pea and nothing could make no difference to the poor beast.
c. To make or constitute in theory; to bring into or out of some condition theoretically.
1843Blackw. Mag. LIII. 697 He had..theorized himself into the future husband of his ward. 1864Lowell McClellan's Rep. Prose Wks. 1890 V. 97 The one thing that cannot be theorized out of existence..is a lost campaign. 1886J. Ker Serm. Ser. ii. (1887) xi. 171 Men theorise it into a thing of natural growth.
Hence ˈtheorized ppl. a.; ˈtheorizing vbl. n. and ppl. a.; also ˌtheoriˈzation, the action of theorizing, construction of a theory or theories; ˈtheorizer, one who theorizes.
1820Jefferson Writ. (1830) IV. 325 The misconstructions, interpolations, and *theorizations of..fanatics. 1854E. G. Holland Mem. J. Badger 417 Men who have no tendency to speculative theorization.
1975Amer. Economic Rev. LXV. 416/1 It is not obvious whether the net effect of all these shortcomings necessarily exaggerates the regression results in favor of the *theorized results. 1979Internat. Jrnl. Sociol. of Law VII. 319 The material that is reproduced here would undoubtedly be of considerable use in some more theorized or general analysis.
1829Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess., Novalis (1872) II. 197 A great and original plan, very different..from that of our idle *theorisers and generalizers. 1870Proctor Other Worlds 3 Not..the mere fanciful theoriser.., but men of the highest eminence in science.
1817Coleridge Biog. Lit. I. xii. 258 The necessity of *theorising. 1818Hallam Mid. Ages (1872) I. Pref. 6 A fault too common,..that of theorising upon an imperfect induction. 1849Noad Electricity (ed. 3) 127 One fact is worth a volume of theorizing.
1792J. Belknap Hist. New Hampsh. III. 229 The inconsistent conclusions of these *theorising philosophers. 1891Athenæum 5 Dec. 753/2 We find the utmost scorn expressed [by Moltke] for..theorizing demagogues. |