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The act of gesticulating, or making gestures to express passion or enforce sentiments.

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  1. n. The act of gesticulating, or making gestures to express passion or enforce sentiments.
  2. n. A gesture; a motion of the body or limbs in speaking, or in representing action or passion, and enforcing arguments and sentiments.
  3. n. Antic tricks or motions.
  4. n. a deliberate and vigorous gesture or motion
  5. 1. The act of gesticulating, or making gestures to express passion or enforce sentiments. 2. A gesture; a motion of the body or limbs in speaking, or in representing action or passion, and enforcing arguments and sentiments. Macaulay. 3. Antic tricks or motions. B. Jonson.
  6. n:100 n. a deliberate and vigorous gesture or motion