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GESTICULATE
gesticulate, gesture, motion
(verb) show, express or direct through movement; “He gestured his desire to leave”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
gesticulate (third-person singular simple present gesticulates, present participle gesticulating, simple past and past participle gesticulated)
(intransitive) To make gestures or motions, as in speaking.
(transitive) To say or express through gestures.
• "...the TV programme Friends is influencing not only the way Irish people speak but also how they gesticulate. Now almost every utterance is accompanied by arms outstretched and palms turned upwards." Irish Times, December 6, 2004
Source: Wiktionary
Ges*tic"u*late, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gesticulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Gesticulating.] Etym: [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.]
Definition: To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures. Sir T. Herbert.
Ges*tic"u*late, v. t.
Definition: To represent by gesture; to act. [R.] B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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