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Platonize

Platonize \Pla"to*nize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Platonized; p. pr. & vb. n. Platonizing.] To adopt the opinion of Plato or his followers.
--Milner.

Platonize

Platonize \Pla"to*nize\, v. t. To explain by, or accomodate to, the Platonic philosophy.
--Enfield.

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platonize

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To explain by, or accommodate to, the Platonic philosophy. 2 (context intransitive English) To adopt the opinion of Plato or his followers.

Usage examples of "platonize".

God of Aristotle, and of most of the philosophic theologies of the Middle Ages, and of nearly all the modern Platonizing poets and philosophers.

I wish success to both attempts, and am happy to learn from you that the latter, at least, is making progress, and the more rapidly in proportion as our Platonizing Christians make more stir and noise about it.