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ges⋅tic⋅u⋅late

  [je-stik-yuh-leyt] verb, -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.
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–verb (used without object)
1. to make or use gestures, esp. in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
–verb (used with object)
2. to express by gesturing.
Origin:
1595–1605; < L gesticulātus (ptp. of gesticulārī), equiv. to LL (assumed in L) gesticul(us) gesture (dim. of gestus; see gestic, -cule 1 ) + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
ges⋅tic⋅u⋅la⋅tive, ges⋅tic⋅u⋅la⋅to⋅ry  [je-stik-yuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
ges⋅tic⋅u⋅la⋅tor, noun

Synonyms:
1. gesture, motion, wave, signal.
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ges·tic·u·late   (jě-stĭk'yə-lāt')   
v.   ges·tic·u·lat·ed, ges·tic·u·lat·ing, ges·tic·u·lates

v.   intr.
To make gestures especially while speaking, as for emphasis.
v.   tr.
To say or express by gestures.

[Latin gesticulārī, gesticulāt-, from gesticulus, gesticulation, diminutive of gestus, gesture, bearing; see gesture.]
ges·tic'u·la'tive adj., ges·tic'u·la'tor n., ges·tic'u·la·to'ry (-lə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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Word Origin & History

gesticulate 
1601, from pp. stem of L. gesticulari "to gesture, mimic," from gesticulus "a mimicking gesture," dim. of gestus "gesture, carriage, posture" (see gest).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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