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Theorize   Listen
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Theorize  v. i.  (past & past part. theorized; pres. part. theorizing)  To form a theory or theories; to form opinions solely by theory; to speculate.






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"Theorize" Quotes from Famous Books



... the letters of Mrs. Matthew Haygarth. It appears to me that G. must be looking for an heir on the Haygarth side of the house; and if so, rely upon it he has his reasons. Don't bewilder yourself by trying to theorize, but get to the bottom ...
— Charlotte's Inheritance • M. E. Braddon

... were the burglars, they got in by way of the cellar. They came out through the cellar window. I theorize they came down into the cellar with their plunder. They disturbed the bear, and Big Bob went for them. When I saw them they were empty-handed. I'll bet they dropped their booty in their wild rush ...
— Andy the Acrobat • Peter T. Harkness

... It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. But the note itself—what ...
— The Lock And Key Library - Classic Mystery And Detective Stories, Modern English • Various

... of the investigator of nature, he considered, was to seek for the ur-phenomena and to bring all other phenomena into relation with them; and in the fulfilment of this task he saw the means of fully satisfying the human mind's need to theorize. He expressed this in the words, 'Every fact is itself already theory'. In Goethe's meteorological studies we have a lucid example of how he sought and found the relevant ur-phenomenon. It is the ...
— Man or Matter • Ernst Lehrs



Words linked to "Theorize" :   theorise, expect, conjecture, hypothesise, reconstruct, hypothecate, explicate, theorization, reason, theory



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