"rhetoricate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: rhetoricates [present, singular, third-person], rhetoricating [participle, present], rhetoricated [participle, past], rhetoricated [past]
Etymology: From Latin rhetoricari. See rhetoric. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|rhetoricari}} Latin rhetoricari Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-rhetoricate-en-verb-2D-HBKgY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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