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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

THE'ORIZE, v.i. To form a theory or theories; to speculate; as, to theorize on the existence of phlogiston.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" [syn: speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose]
2: construct a theory about; "Galileo theorized the motion of the stars"
3: form or construct theories; "he thinks and theorizes all day"

Merriam Webster's

verb (-rized; -rizing) Date: 1638 intransitive verb to form a theory ; speculate transitive verb 1. to form a theory about 2. to propose as a theory • theorization noun • theorizer noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.intr. (also -ise) evolve or indulge in theories. Derivatives: theorizer n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Theorize The"o*rize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Theorized; p. pr. & vb. n. Theorizing.] [Cf. F. th['e]oriser.] To form a theory or theories; to form opinions solely by theory; to speculate.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(theorizes, theorizing, theorized) Note: in BRIT, also use 'theorise' If you theorize that something is true or theorize about it, you develop an abstract idea or set of ideas about something in order to explain it. Police are theorizing that the killers may be posing as hitchhikers... By studying the way people behave, we can theorize about what is going on in their mind. VERB: V that, V about n, also V • theorizing This was no time for theorizing.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. Speculate, form theories.

Moby Thesaurus

analyze, apply reason, conjecture, deduce, entertain a theory, espouse a theory, generalize, guess, have a theory, hypothesize, infer, intellectualize, logicalize, logicize, philosophize, provide a rationale, rationalize, reason, speculate, submit, syllogize, synthesize, use reason