botanise

verb

1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of botanize.

   “We were incompetent to map the country we passed through, to chart the waters, to geologise, botanise, zoologise, astronomise, or to any other ise.”

   “This is a land of very great interest, even to those who do not specially botanise or 'zoologise.'”

   “He sleeps by day because to be awake in sunlight would be, for him, an irresistible temptation to botanise, zoologise, nephelologise, and do no work.”