platonize

i. & t. [PLATONIC.] A. In trans.: To adopt the opinions or philosophy of Plato. "Cicero also was to be understood ing."-Cudworth: Intell . System, p. 573. IMG:content-1200.png:[ocr errors] as platoniz IMG:content-1201.png:[blocks in formation] "A small square body of musketeers, drawn out of a battalion of foot, when they form the hollow square, to strengthen the angles; the grenadiers are generally thus posted; yet a party from any other division is called a platoon, when intending too far from the main body."Military Dict. 2. Two files, forming a subdivision of a company. platoon-firing, s. Mil.: Firing by subdivisions.