platonize verb2 •To explain by, or accommodate to, the Platonic philosophy.Either Plato philonized, or Philo platonized — 1791 •To adopt the opinion of Plato or his followers.He platonizes , after the manner of Origen , in some parts of his writings ; yet he is cited by Athanasius as a witness of the Son's consubstantiality with the Father — 1794 formsplatonized · platonizing · platonizes