Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Rhetorize /(rĕt"ō̇*rīz)/ · Rhet·o·rize · IPA v. i. v. t. 01 v. i. To play the orator. imp. & p. p. Rhetorized; p. pr. & vb. n. Rhetorizing 1. To play the orator. 02 v. t. To represent by a figure of rhetoric, or by personification. 1. To represent by a figure of rhetoric, or by personification.