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herborize

[ hur-buh-rahyz, ur- ]

verb (used without object)

, her·bo·rized, her·bo·riz·ing.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of herborize1

1655–65; < French herboriser, equivalent to herbor ( iste ) herborist + -iser -ize
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Example Sentences

The professor obtained license to herborize on the top.

Here Jean Jacques Rousseau delighted to herborize, and here the celebrated botanist Mathonnet, originally a customs officer, born at the haggard village of Villard d'Arene, which we have just passed, cultivated his taste for natural history, and laid the foundations of his European reputation.

The zambos of the Rio Sinu wearied us with idle questions respecting the purpose of our voyage, our books, and the use of our instruments: they regarded us with mistrust; and to escape from their importunate curiosity we went to herborize in the forest, although it rained.

We went to herborize in the evening in the direction of the fort of Passo Alto, along the basaltic rocks that close the promontory of Naga.

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