Gestured

Gestured
Gesture Ges"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gestured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gesturing}.] To accompany or illustrate with gesture or action; to gesticulate. [1913 Webster]

It is not orderly read, nor gestured as beseemeth. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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