Phi-lŏs'o-phīze, v. i.

v. i. [imp. & p. p. PHILOSOPHIZED; p. pr. & vb. n. PHILOSOPHIZING.] [From philosophy.] To reason like a philosopher; to search into the reason and nature of things; to investigate phenomena and assign rational causes for their existence.

Man philosophizes as he lives. He may philosophize well or ill, but philosophize he must. Sir W. Hamilton.