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Webster 1913 Edition
Gesticulate
Ges-tic′u-late
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Gesticulated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gesticulating
.] [L.
gesticulatus
, p. p. of gesticulari
to gesticulate, fr. gesticulus
a mimic gesture, gesticulation, dim. of gestus
gesture, fr. gerere
, gestum
, to bear, carry, peform. See Gestic
.] To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures.
Sir T. Herbert.
Ges-tic′u-late
,Verb.
T.
To represent by gesture; to act.
[R.]
B. Jonson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gesticulate
GESTIC'ULATE
,Verb.
I.
To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures.
GESTIC'ULATE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
gesticulate
gesticulate
English
Verb
gesticulate (third-person singular simple present gesticulates, present participle gesticulating, simple past and past participle gesticulated)
- (intransitive) To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures.
- (transitive) To say or express through gestures.
- "...the TV programme Friends is influencing not only the way Irish people speak but also how they gesticulate. Now almost every utterance is accompanied by arms outstretched and palms turned upwards." Irish Times, December 6, 2004
Related terms
Translations
to make gestures
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to express through gestures
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