gesticulate
verb (used without object)
to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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At the weak spots he had gesticulated convincingly and digressed upon his health.
From True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office by Arthur Cheney Train