"rhetorize" meaning in All languages combined

See rhetorize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: rhetorizes [present, singular, third-person], rhetorizing [participle, present], rhetorized [participle, past], rhetorized [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} rhetorize (third-person singular simple present rhetorizes, present participle rhetorizing, simple past and past participle rhetorized)
  1. (transitive) To represent by a figure of rhetoric, or by personification. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-rhetorize-en-verb-JX8B8~zQ
  2. (intransitive) To use rhetorical devices; to rhetoricate. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-rhetorize-en-verb-VKXhmW0e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ize, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 86 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 92

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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