theorizev.

Brit.

/ˈθɪərʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈθiəˌraɪz/,

/ˈθɪˌraɪz/

Forms: 1500s– theorize, 1600s– theorise; also Scottish 1800s theoreeze.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: theory n., -ize suffix.

Etymology: < theory n. + -ize suffix. Compare post-classical Latin theorizare to engage in speculation, contemplate (9th cent. in a British source).

†1. transitive. To contemplate, survey. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > consider, deliberate [verb (transitive)]

i-thenchec897

showeOE

i-mune971

thinkOE

overthinkOE

takec1175

umbethinkc1175

waltc1200

bethinkc1220

wend?c1225

weighc1380

delivera1382

peisea1382

considerc1385

musec1390

to look over ——a1393

advise?c1400

debatec1400

roll?c1400

revert?a1425

advertc1425

deliberc1425

movec1425

musec1425

revolvec1425

contemplec1429

overseec1440

to think overc1440

perpend1447

roil1447

pondera1450

to eat inc1450

involvec1470

ponderate?a1475

reputec1475

counterpoise1477

poisea1483

traversec1487

umbecast1487

digest1488

undercast1489

overhalec1500

rumble1519

volve?1520

compassa1522

recount1526

trutinate1528

cast1530

expend1531

ruminate1533

concoct1534

contemplate1538

deliberate1540

revolute1553

chawa1558

to turn over1568

cud1569

cogitate1570

huik1570

chew1579

meditatec1580

discourse1581

speculate1599

theorize1599

scance1603

verse1614

pensitate1623

agitate1629

spell1633

study1659

designa1676

introspect1683

troll1685

balance1692

to figure on or upon1837

reflect1862

mull1873

to mull over1874

scour1882

mill1905

1599 Pil to Purge Melancholie sig. A3^v Hadst thou none to theorize thy halting barbarisme and wit-wanting Howliglas upon, but me.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) ii. 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.

a. transitive. To construct a theory of or about.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > confirmation of hypothesis, theory > propose a theory [verb (transitive)]

theorize1644

model1667

to set up1803

theorize1820

1644 in G. Innes Mil. Rudim. 7 This Author hee hath better Theoris'd, That formerlie, hee hath the same practis'd. And doubtless better now hee can practise, That so well can his Practick Theorise.

1698 W. Nichols Conf. with Theist iii. 21 Let us not make Theory of that, which ought Historically to be understood, nor force that into an Historical Sense, which ought to be Theorized.

1789 Anal. Rev. Apr. 462 This process is very happily theorized by Mr. Kirwan.

1808 J. Spalding Divine Theory I. Pref. p. xx He does not by theory fully explain the phenomena of nature—He theorizes the movements of the spheres, &c. but he does not theorize their existence, or how they were put in motion.

1869 C. C. Graham True Philos. of Mind xii. 176 Theology is..the controversial hypothesis of vain, selfish, and uninspired men, who theorize the Bible as though God..could not or would not make his law to be understood by his children.

1914 Philos. Rev. 23 66 He set out..to construct a logic of history which would properly theorize the relations between history and natural science.

2000 A. Moreton-Robinson Talkin' up to White Woman (2006) ii. 41 The work of radical feminists has influenced both poststructural and postmodern feminists, who are concerned with theorising the body, based on sexual differences.

b. transitive. With adverbial: to bring into or out of a specified condition through the use or construction of theories.

ΚΠ

1702 J. Edwards Exercitations i. 14 If these writers go on after the rate they have begun, they will Theorize a great part of our Religion out of the World.

1756 D. Cox Let. from Physician 6 Before experience had given sufficient weight to it, they would, perhaps, have theorized it quite away.

1826 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 312 Facts cannot be denied; nor can facts be theorized away.

1864 J. R. Lowell in N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 553 The one thing that cannot be theorized out of existence..is a lost campaign.

1911 T. S. Blair Public Hygiene xxiii. 536 By adopting a pessimistic view we may theorize the dangers of free social intercourse into formidable proportions.

1993 R. Foley Working without Net iv. 176 We theorize logical ignorance out of existence, replacing it with semantic ignorance.

2000 A. Majid Unveiling Trad. i. 49 The hard lives of global outcasts cannot be easily theorized away.

c. transitive. To suppose or assert as a theory; to infer from an existing theory or theories. With simple object or clause as object.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > confirmation of hypothesis, theory > propose a theory [verb (transitive)]

theorize1644

model1667

to set up1803

theorize1820

1820 R. Mudie Glenfergus II. xv. 115 He had often theorized that nature did nothing per saltum.

1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xx. 507 He theorised that the difference between a pea and nothing could make no difference to the poor beast.

1938 Pop. Mech. Aug. 230/2 The scientists theorize that human emotion causes a piling up of positive and negative ions on the walls of skin cells.

1993 N.Y. Times Mag. 30 May 27/2 Space scientists theorize the existence of a virtually unlimited array of other planetary environments.

3. intransitive. To construct or develop theories.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > confirmation of hypothesis, theory > theorize [verb (intransitive)]

theorize1734

doctrinize1836

propositionize1878

scientize1890

to try (something)(on) for size1956

1734 W. Stukeley Of Gout i. 40 Now we may advantageously theorize from practise, not practise from theory.

1797 J. Gillies tr. Aristotle Ethics & Politics I. x. vii. 397 Even unassisted and alone, though perhaps better with assistants, he [sc. the sage] can still think and theorize.

1834 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 313 The world is not yet free from the disposition, first to theorize, and afterwards to compel facts into an accordance, however unwarranted, with a priori views.

1872 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 63 101 We theorize less and experiment more than our forefathers.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 592 To theorize is easy, but Rowan has experimented.

1973 J. Neusner Mod. Study Mishnah viii. 133 He theorizes independently of his evidence, which he unsuccessfully tries to shape to fit the needs of his hypothesis.

2006 Christian Cent. 31 Oct. 42/2 One can theorize and theologize about the givenness of the Catholic Church and its role as source of Western Christianity.

Derivatives

ˌtheoriˈzation n. the action or an act of theorizing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > confirmation of hypothesis, theory > [noun] > forming of theories

theory1592

theorizing1757

theorism1789

theorization1816

1816 New Monthly Mag. Jan. 505/1 The same negation extends to the whole use and application of the higher mathematic, in the theorization of things.

1820 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 325 The misconstructions, interpolations, and theorizations of..fanatics.

1909 Bot. Gaz. 47 321 The secondary tissues of Isoetes..have furnished a fertile field for observation and theorization.

2000 Isis 91 318/1 Smith's analysis is most concerned with individual rather than societal theorization.

ˈtheorized adj. that consists of theories; conceived of in theory.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > confirmation of hypothesis, theory > [adjective] > characterized by theory

pure1605

theorized1826

theory-laden1886

1826 T. Williams Academical Stenogr. 8 These practical materials are regularly and carefully laid upon a theorized foundation.

1975 Amer. Econ. Rev. 65 416/1 It is not obvious whether the net effect of all these shortcomings necessarily exaggerates the regression results in favor of the theorized results.

2012 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 12 Feb. a11/2 The world of physics is most eagerly awaiting the discovery of a theorized particle called the Higgs boson.

ˈtheorizer n. a person who theorizes.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > confirmation of hypothesis, theory > [noun] > holder of theories

contemplator1563

theorist1588

theorician1635

putationer1658

speculatist1693

theory man1727

theory-monger1747

theoretician1782

theorizer1792

theory-tailor1875

1792 R. Nares Princ. Govt. Pref. p. vi On the subject of Government, the French are new and unexperienced theorizers.

1870 R. A. Proctor Other Worlds than Ours 3 Not..the mere fanciful theoriser.., but men of the highest eminence in science.

2001 Isis 92 473 Charles Bouchard, perhaps the leading theorizer..of pathology in France.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	theorize
释义	theorizev. Brit. /ˈθɪərʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈθiəˌraɪz/, /ˈθɪˌraɪz/ Forms: 1500s– theorize, 1600s– theorise; also Scottish 1800s theoreeze. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: theory n., -ize suffix. Etymology: < theory n. + -ize suffix. Compare post-classical Latin theorizare to engage in speculation, contemplate (9th cent. in a British source). †1. transitive. To contemplate, survey. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > consider, deliberate [verb (transitive)] i-thenchec897 showeOE i-mune971 thinkOE overthinkOE takec1175 umbethinkc1175 waltc1200 bethinkc1220 wend?c1225 weighc1380 delivera1382 peisea1382 considerc1385 musec1390 to look over ——a1393 advise?c1400 debatec1400 roll?c1400 revert?a1425 advertc1425 deliberc1425 movec1425 musec1425 revolvec1425 contemplec1429 overseec1440 to think overc1440 perpend1447 roil1447 pondera1450 to eat inc1450 involvec1470 ponderate?a1475 reputec1475 counterpoise1477 poisea1483 traversec1487 umbecast1487 digest1488 undercast1489 overhalec1500 rumble1519 volve?1520 compassa1522 recount1526 trutinate1528 cast1530 expend1531 ruminate1533 concoct1534 contemplate1538 deliberate1540 revolute1553 chawa1558 to turn over1568 cud1569 cogitate1570 huik1570 chew1579 meditatec1580 discourse1581 speculate1599 theorize1599 scance1603 verse1614 pensitate1623 agitate1629 spell1633 view1637 study1659 designa1676 introspect1683 troll1685 balance1692 to figure on or upon1837 reflect1862 mull1873 to mull over1874 scour1882 mill1905 1599 Pil to Purge Melancholie sig. A3^v Hadst thou none to theorize thy halting barbarisme and wit-wanting Howliglas upon, but me. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) ii. 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. a. transitive. To construct a theory of or about. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > confirmation of hypothesis, theory > propose a theory [verb (transitive)] theorize1644 model1667 to set up1803 theorize1820 1644 in G. Innes Mil. Rudim. 7 This Author hee hath better Theoris'd, That formerlie, hee hath the same practis'd. And doubtless better now hee can practise, That so well can his Practick Theorise. 1698 W. Nichols Conf. with Theist iii. 21 Let us not make Theory of that, which ought Historically to be understood, nor force that into an Historical Sense, which ought to be Theorized. 1789 Anal. Rev. Apr. 462 This process is very happily theorized by Mr. Kirwan. 1808 J. Spalding Divine Theory I. Pref. p. xx He does not by theory fully explain the phenomena of nature—He theorizes the movements of the spheres, &c. but he does not theorize their existence, or how they were put in motion. 1869 C. C. Graham True Philos. of Mind xii. 176 Theology is..the controversial hypothesis of vain, selfish, and uninspired men, who theorize the Bible as though God..could not or would not make his law to be understood by his children. 1914 Philos. Rev. 23 66 He set out..to construct a logic of history which would properly theorize the relations between history and natural science. 2000 A. Moreton-Robinson Talkin' up to White Woman (2006) ii. 41 The work of radical feminists has influenced both poststructural and postmodern feminists, who are concerned with theorising the body, based on sexual differences. b. transitive. With adverbial: to bring into or out of a specified condition through the use or construction of theories. ΚΠ 1702 J. Edwards Exercitations i. 14 If these writers go on after the rate they have begun, they will Theorize a great part of our Religion out of the World. 1756 D. Cox Let. from Physician 6 Before experience had given sufficient weight to it, they would, perhaps, have theorized it quite away. 1826 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 312 Facts cannot be denied; nor can facts be theorized away. 1864 J. R. Lowell in N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 553 The one thing that cannot be theorized out of existence..is a lost campaign. 1911 T. S. Blair Public Hygiene xxiii. 536 By adopting a pessimistic view we may theorize the dangers of free social intercourse into formidable proportions. 1993 R. Foley Working without Net iv. 176 We theorize logical ignorance out of existence, replacing it with semantic ignorance. 2000 A. Majid Unveiling Trad. i. 49 The hard lives of global outcasts cannot be easily theorized away. c. transitive. To suppose or assert as a theory; to infer from an existing theory or theories. With simple object or clause as object. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > confirmation of hypothesis, theory > propose a theory [verb (transitive)] theorize1644 model1667 to set up1803 theorize1820 1820 R. Mudie Glenfergus II. xv. 115 He had often theorized that nature did nothing per saltum. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xx. 507 He theorised that the difference between a pea and nothing could make no difference to the poor beast. 1938 Pop. Mech. Aug. 230/2 The scientists theorize that human emotion causes a piling up of positive and negative ions on the walls of skin cells. 1993 N.Y. Times Mag. 30 May 27/2 Space scientists theorize the existence of a virtually unlimited array of other planetary environments. 3. intransitive. To construct or develop theories. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > confirmation of hypothesis, theory > theorize [verb (intransitive)] theorize1734 doctrinize1836 propositionize1878 scientize1890 to try (something)(on) for size1956 1734 W. Stukeley Of Gout i. 40 Now we may advantageously theorize from practise, not practise from theory. 1797 J. Gillies tr. Aristotle Ethics & Politics I. x. vii. 397 Even unassisted and alone, though perhaps better with assistants, he [sc. the sage] can still think and theorize. 1834 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 313 The world is not yet free from the disposition, first to theorize, and afterwards to compel facts into an accordance, however unwarranted, with a priori views. 1872 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 63 101 We theorize less and experiment more than our forefathers. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 592 To theorize is easy, but Rowan has experimented. 1973 J. Neusner Mod. Study Mishnah viii. 133 He theorizes independently of his evidence, which he unsuccessfully tries to shape to fit the needs of his hypothesis. 2006 Christian Cent. 31 Oct. 42/2 One can theorize and theologize about the givenness of the Catholic Church and its role as source of Western Christianity. Derivatives ˌtheoriˈzation n. the action or an act of theorizing. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > confirmation of hypothesis, theory > [noun] > forming of theories theory1592 theorizing1757 theorism1789 theorization1816 1816 New Monthly Mag. Jan. 505/1 The same negation extends to the whole use and application of the higher mathematic, in the theorization of things. 1820 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 325 The misconstructions, interpolations, and theorizations of..fanatics. 1909 Bot. Gaz. 47 321 The secondary tissues of Isoetes..have furnished a fertile field for observation and theorization. 2000 Isis 91 318/1 Smith's analysis is most concerned with individual rather than societal theorization. ˈtheorized adj. that consists of theories; conceived of in theory. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > confirmation of hypothesis, theory > [adjective] > characterized by theory pure1605 theorized1826 theory-laden1886 1826 T. Williams Academical Stenogr. 8 These practical materials are regularly and carefully laid upon a theorized foundation. 1975 Amer. Econ. Rev. 65 416/1 It is not obvious whether the net effect of all these shortcomings necessarily exaggerates the regression results in favor of the theorized results. 2012 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 12 Feb. a11/2 The world of physics is most eagerly awaiting the discovery of a theorized particle called the Higgs boson. ˈtheorizer n. a person who theorizes. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > confirmation of hypothesis, theory > [noun] > holder of theories contemplator1563 theorist1588 theorician1635 putationer1658 speculatist1693 theory man1727 theory-monger1747 theoretician1782 theorizer1792 theory-tailor1875 1792 R. Nares Princ. Govt. Pref. p. vi On the subject of Government, the French are new and unexperienced theorizers. 1870 R. A. Proctor Other Worlds than Ours 3 Not..the mere fanciful theoriser.., but men of the highest eminence in science. 2001 Isis 92 473 Charles Bouchard, perhaps the leading theorizer..of pathology in France. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.1599
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