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English
Verb
herborise (third-person singular simple present herborises, present participle herborising, simple past and past participle herborised)
- Alternative form of herborize
1850, Friedrich Wilhelm H. Alexander Humboldt, Views of nature:At the end of September in the year 1829, Ehrenberg and myself also herborised on the Samara, during our journey from Orenburg and Uralsk to Saratow and the Caspian Sea.
1853, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 74, page 147:Whilst Dr Weddell herborised, adding nearly a hundred species of plants to his collection, the engineer studied the Lancha with other views, and at last resolved to sound it.
French
Pronunciation
Verb
herborise
- inflection of herboriser:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative