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Webster 1913 Edition


Rhetorize

Rhet′o-rize

(rĕt′ō̍-rīz)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Rhetorized
(-rīzd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Rhetorizing
(-rīˊzĭng)
.]
To play the orator.
Colgrave.

Rhet′o-rize

,
Verb.
T.
To represent by a figure of rhetoric, or by personification.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rhetorize

RHET'ORIZE

,
Verb.
I.
To play the orator.

RHET'ORIZE

,
Verb.
T.
To represent by a figure of oratory.

Definition 2024


rhetorize

rhetorize

English

Verb

rhetorize (third-person singular simple present rhetorizes, present participle rhetorizing, simple past and past participle rhetorized)

  1. (transitive) To represent by a figure of rhetoric, or by personification.
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