Socratise

See also: socratise

English

Verb

Socratise (third-person singular simple present Socratises, present participle Socratising, simple past and past participle Socratised)

1. Alternative form of Socratize
   • 1879, Globe Encyclopaedia of Universal Information - Volume 5 -, page 305:

     Why, then,' he proceeds to ask, ' can we not Socratise a little?'

   • 1891, John Stuart Verschoyle, The History of Modern Civilization: A Handbook, page 204:

     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.

   • 1968, The Twentieth Century - Volumes 176-177, page 24:

     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.

Anagrams

• Croatises, ostracise