\Rhet"o*rize\ (r[e^]t"[-o]*r[imac]z), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. {Rhetorized} (-r[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rhetorizing}
(-r[imac]`z[i^]ng).]
To play the orator. --Colgrave.

\Rhet"o*rize\, v. t.
To represent by a figure of rhetoric, or by personification.
--Milton.