Definition of rhetoric

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Rhetoric (n.) Fig. : The power of persuasion or attraction; that which allures or charms.

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Rhetoric :: Rhetoric (n.) The art of composition; especially, elegant composition in prose..
Deliberative :: Deliberative (n.) A kind of rhetoric employed in proving a thing and convincing others of its truth, in order to persuade them to adopt it..
Bastile Bastille :: Bastile Bastille (n.) The Bastille, formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical name for a prison..
Flourish :: Flourish (v. t.) To embellish with the flowers of diction; to adorn with rhetorical figures; to grace with ostentatious eloquence; to set off with a parade of words.
Rhetoricate :: Rhetoricate (v. i.) To play the orator.
Apostrophize :: Apostrophize (v. i.) To use the rhetorical figure called apostrophe.
Flourish :: Flourish (v. i.) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions; to be flowery.
Rhetorician :: Rhetorician (a.) Suitable to a master of rhetoric.
Declamation :: Declamation (n.) The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students..
Forensic :: Forensic (a.) Belonging to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate; used in legal proceedings, or in public discussions; argumentative; rhetorical; as, forensic eloquence or disputes..
Imaginal :: Imaginal (a.) Characterized by imagination; imaginative; also, given to the use or rhetorical figures or imagins..
Declamation :: Declamation (n.) Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation..
Froth :: Froth (n.) Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric without thought..
Ramist :: Ramist (n.) A follower of Pierre Rame, better known as Ramus, a celebrated French scholar, who was professor of rhetoric and philosophy at Paris in the reign of Henry II., and opposed the Aristotelians..
Rhetorical :: Rhetorical (a.) Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish..
Rethoryke :: Rethoryke (n.) Rhetoric.
Irrhetorical :: Irrhetorical (a.) Not rethorical.
Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force..
Rhetoric :: Rhetoric (n.) Oratory; the art of speaking with propriety, elegance, and force..
Rhetorication :: Rhetorication (n.) Rhetorical amplification.
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