theosophize, v.
(θiːˈɒsəfaɪz)
[f. as theosoph + -ize.]
intr. To practise or pretend to theosophy; to reason or discourse theosophically. Hence theˈosophizing ppl. a.
| 1846 in Worcester citing M. Stuart. 1858 Chamb. Jrnl. X. 265/2 We owe, indirectly, the greatest scientific impetus of the modern world to a theosophising shoemaker [Behmen]. 1875 M. Arnold in Contemp. Rev. XXVI. 685 These things are not at all in the manner of Jesus. Jesus never theosophized. |