When transformation of parts of speech takes place, we should distinguish synchronism from diachronism, grammar from rhetoric anti fixity from temporariness.
Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtile; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend. Abeunt studia in mores.
Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says North Korea's recent rhetoric presents are real and clear danger to the U.S. and its Asia Pacific allies.
While he served in Senate, Adams took the lecture in University Hall to begin his part time job as Harvard’s first Boylston Professor of rhetoric and oratory.
Attracting both support and disgust with a potent mix of populous rhetoric, he sealed the nomination at the Party's convention in Cleveland in a roll call of results from primary elections around the country.
While in politics, more broadly the word has been applied to the rhetoric, policies, agendas, and legacies of leaders and governments around the globe.