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Webster 1913 Edition
Botanize
Bot′a-nize
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Botanized
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Botanizing
.] [Cf. F.
botaniser
.] To seek after plants for botanical investigation; to study plants.
Bot′a-nize
,Verb.
T.
To explore for botanical purposes.
Webster 1828 Edition
Botanize
BOT'ANIZE
,Verb.
I.
He could not obtain permission to botanize upon mount Sabber.
Definition 2024
botanize
botanize
English
Alternative forms
Verb
botanize (third-person singular simple present botanizes, present participle botanizing, simple past and past participle botanized)
- To do the work of a botanist; as to inventory the plant life in an area; to collect plants for research purposes.
- 1770: Dr Solander and Myself were botanizing — Joseph Banks, The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks, entry for 1770 January 22.
- Maria Edgeworth
- When he was not studying, he was botanizing or mineralogizing with O'Toole's chaplain.
Translations
do the work of a botanist
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Verb
botanize