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rhetoricate

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To use rhetorical tropes or embellishments.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, obsolete

Examples

  • , "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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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin rhetoricari. See rhetoric.