Meaning of philippize | Babel Free

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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