rhetorize

intransitive verb

rhet·​o·​rize

ˈretəˌrīz

-ed/-ing/-s

archaic

: to use rhetorical language

Word History

Etymology

Medieval Latin rhetorizare to play the orator, from Greek rhētorizein to be an orator, from rhētor-, rhētōr orator + -izein -ize

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