Theorize
['θɪəraɪz] or ['θiəraɪz]
Definition
(verb.) form or construct theories; 'he thinks and theorizes all day'.
(verb.) construct a theory about; 'Galileo theorized the motion of the stars'.
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Definition
(v. i.) To form a theory or theories; to form opinions solely by theory; to speculate.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Speculate, form theories.
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Examples
- It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It is a capital mistake to theorize in advance of the facts. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It tends to become a mere verbal formula, a set of catchwords used to render thinking, or genuine theorizing, unnecessary and impossible. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I existed in a world of newly connected and newly modified ideas: I theorized, I imagined that I made discoveries. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- She was thoroughly charming to him, but of course he theorized a little about his attachment. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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