单词 | unphilosophize |
释义 | unphilosophizev. transitive. To render no longer philosophical; to free from philosophical beliefs. Formerly also: to debase from the character of a philosopher (into). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > [verb (transitive)] > deprive of philosophy unphilosophize1713 1713 A. Pope Corr. 14 Aug. (1956) I. 186 Our passions, our interests, flow in upon us, and unphilosophize us into mere mortals. 1745 D. Fordyce Dialogues conc. Educ. I. We must..be unphilosophized into all the Cares and Parties of ordinary Mortals. 1755 P. Hiffernan Tuner 5 8 Nor is there a better [Actor] now in his Walk of Parts, if he would unletter, unphilosophise himself, and condescend to be an Actor. 1816 Ld. Byron Let. 8 Sept. (1976) V. 92 I could not exactly play the Stoic with a woman who had scrambled eight hundred miles to unphilosophize me. 1821 Gentleman's Mag. July 47/1 Many well-educated persons, nominal Christians.., who ought to be unphilosophized by logical confutation. 1922 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 80 How far she succeeded in unphilosophising him is doubtful. 2010 F. Reuss Geogr. of Secrets i. 8 The smoking, drinking..Byron—spiced with cayenne and easily unphilosophized. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1713 |
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