astronomize, v.
(əˈstrɒnəmaɪz)
[f. astronomy: see -ize.]
intr. To pursue astronomy; to act or speak astronomically.
| 1682 Sir T. Browne Chr. Morals (1756) 97 Thus they astronomiz'd in caves. 1684 T. Burnet Th. Earth III. 44 It is a great question..whether Moses did either philosophize or astronomize in that description. 1848 H. Rogers Ess. I. vi. 311 Thales..astronomising as he walked. |