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verb
To support or advocate the cause of Philip of Macedon; (more generally) to speak as someone who has been wrongly inspired or corrupted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, historical
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verb
To write or speak in the style of a philippic; to rant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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History
From Ancient Greek Φιλιππίζειν (Philippízein), from Φίλιππος (Phílippos), the name of Philip II of Macedon.
From philipp(ic) + -ize.
