1. (Rhetoric) the study of the technique of using language effectively. 2. (Rhetoric) the art of using speech to persuade, influence, or please; oratory. 3. excessive use of ornamentation and contrivance in spoken or written discourse; bombast.4. speech or discourse that pretends to significance but lacks true meaning: all the politician says is mere rhetoric.. (Rhetoric) the art of using speech to persuade, influence, or please; oratory. 3. excessive use of ornamentation and contrivance in spoken or written discourse; bombast. 4. speech or discourse that pretends to significance but lacks true meaning: all the politician says is mere rhetoric.
Confidence votes 76. Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck were the founders of the American chain of department stores, Sears, Roebuck and Company, in the late 19th century. Richard Sears learned telegraphy and got a job with the railroad, eventually becoming a station agent.
When did Sears-Roebuck first open? Sears first began in 1886 as the R.W. Sears Watch Company in Minneapolis, MN. Sears hired Roebuck in 1887, moved his company to Chicago, and in 1893 the corporate name of theâ¦ firm became Sears, Roebuck and Co. At that time, all sales were done by mail-order from a catalog.