philippize

Definitions

1. To support or advocate the cause of Philip of Macedon; (more generally) to speak as someone who has been wrongly inspired or corrupted.
   archaic, historical
2. To write or speak in the style of a philippic; to rant.
   obsolete

Examples

“I know⟳ they set⟳ him up as a sort⟳ of oracle; because, with the best intentions in the world, he naturally philippizes, and chaunts his prophetic song in exact unison with their designs.”

“I feel⟳ tempted, just here, to philippize the press⟳. It needs castigation, but this will never prove⟳ effective, because a portion of the evil lies in the popular appetite.”

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