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Socratise en · VERB

Etymology

From Socrates + -ise.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Socratize.
   alt of Socratize
   • Why, then,' he proceeds to ask, ' can we not Socratise a little?' 1879, Globe Encyclopaedia of Universal Information - Volume 5 -, page 305:
   • Ramus, fascinated by Plato and by the dialogues in which Socrates expounds his ideas with as much simplicity as freedom, endeavoured to Socratise in his turn. 1891, John Stuart Verschoyle, The History of Modern Civilization: A Handbook, page 204:
   • Insofar as it is rational it is literate (most people cannot Socratise the world's problems in their heads), and insofar as it is audio-tactile it is obtained by selective example and conditioning. 1968, The Twentieth Century - Volumes 176-177, page 24:

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