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rhetoricating

rhetoricating is the present participle and gerund of rhetoricate.

Meaning of rhetoricate

Verb

rhetoricate (third-person singular simple present rhetoricates, present participle rhetoricating, simple past and past participle rhetoricated)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To use rhetorical tropes or embellishments.
    • , "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.

Questions about rhetoricating

What is rhetoricating the present participle and gerund of?
Rhetoricating is the present participle and gerund of rhetoricate.

Words near rhetoricating in the dictionary

  1. rhetoricalness
  2. rhetoricals
  3. rhetoricate
  4. rhetoricated
  5. rhetoricates
  6. rhetoricating
  7. rhetorication
  8. rhetorications
  9. rhetorician
  10. rhetoricians
  11. rhetoricities

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