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gesticulate (v.)
c. 1600, from Latin
gesticulatus
, past participle of
gesticulari
"to gesture, mimic," from
gesticulus
"a mimicking gesture" (see
gesticulation
). Related:
Gesticulated
;
gesticulating
.