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)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To use rhetorical tropes or embellishments.
- (Can we date this quote?), Robert South, 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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