philanthropizev.
/fᵻˈlanθrəpʌɪz/, U.S. /fəˈlænθrəˌpaɪz/ 1. intransitive. To be philanthropic; to practise philanthropy.
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1826 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 19 464 Why do they not buy all the land in a single island, and missionize and philanthropize at their own expense?
1836 New Monthly Mag. Jan. 71 Away she went philanthropising till nine in one place, playing three-card loo till twelve in another.
1905 Westm. Gaz. 1 July 14 It is the wife who reads books, attends lectures, paints, sings, plays, philanthropises, and runs all social enterprises.
1998 Oklahoma Daily (Oklahoma Univ.) (Electronic ed.) 9 Jan. Who are the ones that..create the wealth, jobs, goods and services, philanthropize,..and ultimately raise the general standard of living?
2. transitive. To treat philanthropically; to make the object of philanthropy.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [verb (transitive)] > make philanthropic
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1830 Fraser's Mag. 2 563 A convention..met for the purpose of philanthropising the blacks.
1859 W. Chadwick Life De Foe iv. 236 De Foe again returns to the attack upon Sir Humphrey Mackworth's bill for philanthropizing the poor by deceiving and robbing the rich.
1894 Westm. Gaz. 27 June 2/3 Till they get them [votes], we look jealously at these attempts to philanthropise woman malgré lui.
1987 J. Barth Tidewater Tales (1988) 28 There are at least three causes she looks forward to philanthropizing massively.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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