ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GESTICULATE
From Latin gesticulārī, from Latin gesticulus (unattested except in Late Latin) gesture, diminutive of gestus gesture, from gerere to bear, conduct.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GESTICULATE
PRESENT
Present
I gesticulate
you gesticulate
he/she/it gesticulates
we gesticulate
you gesticulate
they gesticulate
Present continuous
I am gesticulating
you are gesticulating
he/she/it is gesticulating
we are gesticulating
you are gesticulating
they are gesticulating
Present perfect
I have gesticulated
you have gesticulated
he/she/it has gesticulated
we have gesticulated
you have gesticulated
they have gesticulated
Present perfect continuous
I have been gesticulating
you have been gesticulating
he/she/it has been gesticulating
we have been gesticulating
you have been gesticulating
they have been gesticulating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I gesticulated
you gesticulated
he/she/it gesticulated
we gesticulated
you gesticulated
they gesticulated
Past continuous
I was gesticulating
you were gesticulating
he/she/it was gesticulating
we were gesticulating
you were gesticulating
they were gesticulating
Past perfect
I had gesticulated
you had gesticulated
he/she/it had gesticulated
we had gesticulated
you had gesticulated
they had gesticulated
Past perfect continuous
I had been gesticulating
you had been gesticulating
he/she/it had been gesticulating
we had been gesticulating
you had been gesticulating
they had been gesticulating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will gesticulate
you will gesticulate
he/she/it will gesticulate
we will gesticulate
you will gesticulate
they will gesticulate
Future continuous
I will be gesticulating
you will be gesticulating
he/she/it will be gesticulating
we will be gesticulating
you will be gesticulating
they will be gesticulating
Future perfect
I will have gesticulated
you will have gesticulated
he/she/it will have gesticulated
we will have gesticulated
you will have gesticulated
they will have gesticulated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been gesticulating
you will have been gesticulating
he/she/it will have been gesticulating
we will have been gesticulating
you will have been gesticulating
they will have been gesticulating
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would gesticulate
you would gesticulate
he/she/it would gesticulate
we would gesticulate
you would gesticulate
they would gesticulate
Conditional continuous
I would be gesticulating
you would be gesticulating
he/she/it would be gesticulating
we would be gesticulating
you would be gesticulating
they would be gesticulating
Conditional perfect
I would have gesticulate
you would have gesticulate
he/she/it would have gesticulate
we would have gesticulate
you would have gesticulate
they would have gesticulate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been gesticulating
you would have been gesticulating
he/she/it would have been gesticulating
we would have been gesticulating
you would have been gesticulating
they would have been gesticulating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you gesticulate
we let´s gesticulate
you gesticulate
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to gesticulate
Past participle
gesticulated
Present Participle
gesticulating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
3 QUOTES WITH «GESTICULATE»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
gesticulate.
A typical Seville shop reaches far along the street front, with many open doors, and a counter running the full length. Here ladies sit in pairs and groups, never singly, to cheapen fans and mantillas, while the smiling salesmen, cigarette in hand, shrug and gesticulate and give back banter for banter as gayly as if it were all a holiday frolic.
I'm an extrovert, I like to gesticulate and talk loud and stuff, and the theater is easy for me.
Yeah, all drama teachers are very effusive, very demonstrative, very emotionally open, very big, and gesticulate a lot, and are very physical.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GESTICULATE»
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gesticulate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
gesticulate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Sharpen Your Verbal Skills
... communicate communicates, lt communicates 36 Gesticulate Persons Singular
Plural First person I gesticulate We gesticulate Second person You gesticulate
You gesticulate Third person He gesticulates, She They gesticulate gesticulates,
...
2
The New Monthly Magazine
The experiment has not succeeded. It has often been remarked that the English
do not gesticulate so much as their continental neighbours. Giuseppe Pecchio,
inspired by his cheerful fire and obedient servants, traces the effect to its causes.
Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, 1833
3
VoLT - Vocabulary Learning Techniques Vol-I
... heart of a cunning man. ' In this genteel community, disputes are usually
handled quietly. GESTICULATE [jes-tik-yuh-late]: to make or use gestures,
especially in an animated or excited manner Memory key: The word gesticulate is
related to ...
4
SAT and ACT VOCABULARY BUILDING
Quickly fading or disappearing Gesticulate ..............To make expressive bodily
motions Deleterious ..............Having a harmful effect 1. Untilthey are old enoughto
care for themselves, the eagle provides her nestlings with food. 1. CALLOW 2.
gesticulate,. gesture. gesticulate verb, means to make signals with the arms: He
broke offto gesticulate hopelessly with his hands, expressing final despair. The
related noun is gesticulation. gesture verb & noun. As a verb, gesture means to ...
Graham Pointon, Stewart Clark, 2014
6
Visible Learning and the Science of How We Learn
Gesticulation assists your mental processes entirely positively. When people are
asked to gesticulate as they think hard, they produce responses that are more
strategic and more thoughtful. From both laboratory studies and applied research
...
John Hattie, Gregory C. R. Yates, 2013
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Dictionnary of the English Language with Numerous ...
To Gesticulate.* v. a imitate. If I knew any man so vile To act the crimes these
whippers reprehend, Or what their servile apes gesticulate, I should not then
much muse their shreds were lik'd. B. Jonson, Apol. Dialogue. Gesticulation.-!
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The American Heritage Crossword Puzzle Dictionary
... Epoch1, 04 sign, wave 09 cnticize, insinuate Paleozoic I Eral 10 Cretaceous
lPenodl, Ordovician lPedodl, 05 point 06 beckon, motion, signal 08 indicate,
movement II pick holes in 13 iind iault with Quatemary lPenodl 1 1 gesticulate ...
American Heritage Dictionary, 2003
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An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
Der. gestatory. GESTICULATE,tomake gestures.(L.) 'Or whattheir servile apes
gesticulate;' Ben Jonson, Poetaster,To the Reader(an Epilogue).—L. gesticulātus
,pp. of gesticulārī, to make mimic gestures.—L. gesticulus, amimic gesture;
formed, ...
10
The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal
The experiment has not succeeded. It has often been remarked that the English
do not gesticulate so much as their continental neighbours. Giuseppe Pecchio,
inspired by his cheerful fire and obedient servants, traces the effect to its causes.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GESTICULATE»
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gesticulate is used in the context of the following news items.
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When conversing with till assistants, I use monosyllabic words pronounced slowly in a near-shout and I gesticulate, charades-style, ... «The Register, Jul 15»
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I am dressed as a shepherd. I gesticulate reverently toward the manger. I declaim my lines with confidence and grace and good God almighty, ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
Web Chief Joshua Topolsky to Leave Bloomberg as Staff Tensions …
He asked another to gesticulate with a pen. And he has personally overseen the graphics shown on screen, which now resemble those seen ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
How to Conduct an Auction
Gesticulate. Rather than pointing to acknowledge a bid, which can be seen as rude, Neely flicks and twists his wrists like a dancer. ''Your hands ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
Weekend With Bernie
Sometimes, he will bring together his thumb and forefinger and gesticulate as if he's managed to pinch and brandish a tiny, invisible thing that ... «RollingStone.com, Jul 15»
Ogre-whelming: Costume and set design is integral in SCCT's …
I don't have access to my lower body so I have to gesticulate with my arms a lot and rely on facial expression. But it's never really a problem. «Sioux City Journal, Jul 15»
Gasquet tries to buck odds vs Djokovic in Wimbledon semis
... rituals like Nadal; and he does not grunt or shriek or curse or gesticulate like many of his counterparts in the modern game. “We get on well”. «Sentinel Republic, Jul 15»
Yellowstone Natural History: Bighorn Sheep
Against the cliffside, hanging like a theater backdrop, rangers gesticulate above a current of brown. Cars are edging to the side. When you final ... «Yellowstone Insider, Jul 15»
On the Idiocy of Comparing Trump's Campaign to Bernie Sanders'
Just watching McCaskill desperately blink and gesticulate while she delivers that and other ill-aspected "observations" about Sanders is a ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
Defending champ Kvitova crashes out of Wimbledon
Spraying unforced errors wildly wide and long, Kvitova started to gesticulate and grumble as her frustration grew. Jankovic was taking full ... «The Daily Star, Jul 15»
