Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Gesticulate

Gesticulate , intransitive verb

[Latin gesticulatus, past participle of gesticulari to gesticulate, from gesticulus a mimic gesture, gesticulation, dim. of gestus gesture, from gerere, gestum, to bear, carry, peform. See Gestic.]

To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures. — Sir T. Herbert

Gesticulate , transitive verb

To represent by gesture; to act. [Rare] — B. Jonson