botanize

[ bot-n-ahyz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

, bot·a·nized, bot·a·niz·ing.

, bot·a·nized, bot·a·niz·ing.

botanize

/ ˈbɒtəˌnaɪz /

1760–70; < New Latin botanizāre < Greek botanízein to gather plants. See botanist, -ize

For with me to botanize is one of the dearest of pursuits, amounting to a veritable passion.

Flowers knew how to preach divinity before men knew how to dissect and botanize them.

How glad dear papa would have been to come and stay with us, and botanize and geologize amongst your rocks there!

I never dig up my dead and I never botanize on the graves of the past.

Of course no woman stops to botanize when the object is to get there.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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