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† rheˈtoricate, v. Obs.
[f. ppl. stem of L. rhētoricārī, f. rhētoricus rhetoric.]
intr. To speak rhetorically; to use rhetorical language. Hence rheˈtoricating vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1617Collins Def. Bp. Ely i. i. 87 It was easie for Leo to rhetoricate at Rome, in the praise of Peter. a1648Digby Closet Opened Pref., There needs no Rhetoricating Floscules to set it off. 1676Cudworth Serm. 1 Cor. xv. 57 A faculty of Rhetoricating and extemporizing with zeal and fervency. 1681S. Colvil Whigs Supplic. (1710) 166 I'le use no Speech with Art besprinkled,..Without Rhetoricating Fond shows [etc.]. 1719Waterland Vind. Christ's Div. 382 Strange, that They should all Rhetoricate in a Matter of Faith, of so great Weight. 17..― Doctr. Holy Trin. Add., Wks. 1823 V. 357 To magnify another kind of guilt, as still greater according to their way of reasoning, or rather rhetoricating. |