rhetoricate

English

Etymology

From Latin rhetoricari. See rhetoric.

Verb

rhetoricate (third-person singular simple present rhetoricates, present participle rhetoricating, simple past and past participle rhetoricated)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To use rhetorical tropes or embellishments.
    • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 6th edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, →OCLC:
      , "A Discourse Against Long and Extempore Prayers"
      A person ready to sink under his Wants, has neither time, nor heart, to Rhetoricate, or make Flourishes.
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