rhetoricate

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English

Etymology

From Latin rhetoricari. See rhetoric.

Verb

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  1. (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.