gesticulate

i. & t. [Lat. gesticulatus, pa. par. of gesticulor =to make mimic gestures; gesticu lus, dim in. of gest us =a gesture; gero to carry, to behave; Fr. gesticuler; Sp. gesticular.] A. In trans.: To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to make or use postures. *B. Trans. To represent by gestures or gesticulations. "To act the crimes, these whippers reprehend, Or what their servile apes gesticulate ." Ben Jonson: Poetaster . (To the Reader.) ges-tic-u-lā-tion, s. [Lat. gesticulatio , from gesticulatus , pa. par. of gesticulor =to gesticulate; Fr. gesticulation .] sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. gesticulator 1. The act or habit of gesticulating or using gestures to expre any emotion or to enforce an argument. 2. A gesture; a motion or posture of the body, or any part of the body, in speaking or in representing action or pa ion.