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geologize, v.|dʒiːˈɒlədʒaɪz|
[f. geolog-y + -ize.]
1. intr. To make geological researches.
1831Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) I. 185 During Mid⁓summer geologized a little in Shropshire. 1861Wilson & Geikie Mem. E. Forbes v. 156 Out of doors his happiest days were spent in botanizing, geologizing, dredging, or sketching. 1887in Darwin's Life & Lett. I. 365 note, While geologizing in a railway cutting..he [Strickland] was run over by a train.
2. trans. To examine geologically; to study as a geologist does.
1834Darwin Jrnl. 14 Aug. (1845), I set out..for the purpose of geologising the basal parts of the Andes. 1872W. S. Symonds Rec. Rocks viii. 272 A gentleman who geologised the Ilfracombe district obtained many specimens. 1883R. Brown in Fortn. Rev. 1 Sept. 393 The world is so rapidly getting geologized and botanized.
Hence geˈologizing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1880Bp. Goodwin in Macm. Mag. No. 246. 478 Geologising and hunting were put on the same footing as regards risk to horseflesh. Ibid., The present writer never joined the geologising party. |