rhetorise
rhetorise is the alternative form of rhetorize.
Meaning of rhetorize
Verb
rhetorize (third-person singular simple present rhetorizes, present participle rhetorizing, simple past and past participle rhetorized)
- To represent by a figure of rhetoric, or by personification.
- As no less was that before his book against the Brownists , to write a letter to a Prosopopeia , a certain rhetorized woman whoin he calls mother , and complains of some that laid whoredom to her charge1642 April, An Apology against a Pamphlet Call’d A Modest Confutation of the Animadversions upon the Remonstrant against Smectymnuus, London: […] E[dward] G[riffin] for Iohn Rothwell, […], →OCLC
- To use rhetorical devices; to rhetoricate.
Forms of rhetorise
| third-person singular present | rhetorises |
|---|---|
| present participle | rhetorising |
| past participle | rhetorised |
| past | rhetorised |
Questions about rhetorise
- What is rhetorise the alternative form of?
- Rhetorise is the alternative form of rhetorize.
Words near rhetorise in the dictionary
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