geologize

English

Etymology

geology +‎ -ize

Alternative forms

geologise

Verb

geologize (third-person singular simple present geologizes, present participle geologizing, simple past and past participle geologized)

To study the geology of a location in the field.
- 1824, The British Critic
  ...those many valuable writers, who have unwisely lent their science to uphold and propagate the vicious doctrine of a chaotic geogeny, may geologize with full security...
- 1830, "Geology", American Quarterly Review
  We travel here in an extraordinary manner, but we cannot geologize by steam-boats.
- 1839, Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle
  We continued northwards in a zigzag line; sometimes stopping a day to geologize.
- 1864, Jules Verne, Journey to the Centre of the Earth
  There was a certain wood, which, by rising at early morn, and taking the cheap train, I could reach at eleven in the morning. Here I would botanize or geologize at my will.
- 1869, The Spectator, 27 March.
  ...and ploughmen will botanize or geologize on their way home from their daily toil...
- 2007, Charles Kingsley, Madame How and Lady Why: First Lessons in Earth Lore for Children, →ISBN:
  And between the intervals of eating fruit, we will geologize on the way home, with this little bit of paper to show us where we are.
- 2011, Edward J. Larson, An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science, →ISBN.
  Scott presumably foresaw this, which may explain his decision to geologize on the return trip once he lost priority at the pole.

单词	geologize
释义	geologize English Etymology geology +‎ -ize Alternative forms geologise Verb geologize (third-person singular simple present geologizes, present participle geologizing, simple past and past participle geologized) To study the geology of a location in the field. 1824, The British Critic ...those many valuable writers, who have unwisely lent their science to uphold and propagate the vicious doctrine of a chaotic geogeny, may geologize with full security... 1830, "Geology", American Quarterly Review We travel here in an extraordinary manner, but we cannot geologize by steam-boats. 1839, Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle We continued northwards in a zigzag line; sometimes stopping a day to geologize. 1864, Jules Verne, Journey to the Centre of the Earth There was a certain wood, which, by rising at early morn, and taking the cheap train, I could reach at eleven in the morning. Here I would botanize or geologize at my will. 1869, The Spectator, 27 March. ...and ploughmen will botanize or geologize on their way home from their daily toil... 2007, Charles Kingsley, Madame How and Lady Why: First Lessons in Earth Lore for Children, →ISBN: And between the intervals of eating fruit, we will geologize on the way home, with this little bit of paper to show us where we are. 2011, Edward J. Larson, An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science, →ISBN. Scott presumably foresaw this, which may explain his decision to geologize on the return trip once he lost priority at the pole.
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