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Definition of Botanizes
1. botanize [v] - See also: botanize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Botanizes
Literary usage of Botanizes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ordeal of Mark Twain by Van Wyck Brooks (1920)
"If one stoops and botanizes upon Mrs. Clemens it is because, when her standards
became those of her husband, she stepped immediately into a role far more ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1818)
"246. His sketch of the Borghese gardens at Rome, 380. His visit to Professor
Scopoli at Pavia, 381. botanizes on Mount Cenis, 383. His botanical history of ..."
3. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris edited by William Torrey Harris (1874)
"... cannot at the same time ascertain and examine the plants growing down in the
valley, but leaves this to him who botanizes among them. ..."
4. Theodore Parker: Preacher and Reformer by John White Chadwick (1900)
"He botanizes, and studies the local mineralogy, and finds " a sort of mental
crystallization going on within him which brings order out of chaos. ..."
5. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1901)
"Considering the narrow limits within which the summer visitor now botanizes in
certain classical collecting grounds on the White and Green Mountains, ..."
6. The Lay Preacher by Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall (1817)
"He, who botanizes on the mountain, or explores the latent root in the forest is
a healthy and a happy man. ..."
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