rhetoricize
/rɪˈtɒrɪsʌɪz/(also rhetoricise) rare before 20th cent
verb
1 [no object] To use rhetorical language, especially to speak or write in an excessively grand or verbose style.
2 [with object] To express in rhetorical language; to characterize in rhetorical terms; to make rhetorical in form or style.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Richard Meggott (d. 1692), dean of Winchester. From rhetoric + -ize.
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