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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gesticulate \Ges*tic"u*late\, v. t.
To represent by gesture; to act [R.] --B. Jonson
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gesticulate \Ges*tic"u*late\, v. 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
gesticulate
v : show express or direct through movement; "He gestured his
desire to leave" [syn: {gesture}, {motion}]
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