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, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
     , "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.