n. [ F. rhétorique, L. rhetorica, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; (sc. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;), fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; rhetorical, oratorical, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; orator, rhetorician; perhaps akin to E. word; cf. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to say. ]
Sweet, silent rhetoric of persuading eyes. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. rhetoricus, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. See Rhetoric. ] Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical;
They permit him to leave their poetical taste ungratified, provided that he gratifies their rhetorical sense. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]
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v. i. [ L. rhetoricari. See Rhetoric. ] To play the orator. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. rhétorication. ] Rhetorical amplification. [ Obs. ] Waterland. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. rhétoricien. ]
The understanding is that by which a man becomes a mere logician and a mere rhetorician. F. W. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]
The ancient sophists and rhetoricians, which ever had young auditors, lived till they were an hundred years old. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Suitable to a master of rhetoric. “With rhetorician pride.” Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]