Phil'lip-pize, v. i.

v. i. [imp. & p. p. PHILIPPIZED; p. pr. & vb. n. PHILIPPIZING.] [Gr. φιλιππίζειν, to be on Philip's side, from Φίλιππος, Philip.]

1Sense 1. To side with Philip; to support or advocate Philip.

2Sense 2. To write or utter invective or impassioned declamation. Burke.

If the oracle at Hutton philippized, the oracle of Göttingen philippized no less. De Quincey.