Verb
To form a theory or theories; to form opinions solely by theory; to speculate.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIt is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Arthur Conan Doyle
A revolutionary poem will not tell you who or when to kill, what and when to burn, or even how to theorize. It reminds you... where and when and how you are living and might live, it is a wick of desire. Adrienne Rich
All the animals, the plants, the minerals, even other kinds of men, are being broken and reassembled every day, to preserve an elite few, who are the loudest to theorize on freedom, but the least free of all. Thomas Pynchon
It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment. Arthur Conan Doyle
I dont theorize too much. I sort of let the experience sink in, and I have to discover what the character is by doing it, and having those thoughts that shes thinking. Jill Clayburgh
When I used to theorize about a nuclear standoff, I didn't really have to understand what was happening inside the Soviet Union. It is a lot harder now to build a theory that can encompass all the complications of today's conflicts. Thomas Schelling