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verb
To speak or declaim at great length, especially in a pompous or grandiloquent manner; to harangue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To make a peroration; to make a formal recapitulation at the end of a speech.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
deliver an oration in grandiloquent style
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: declaim, recite
verb
conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: conclude
History
First attested in 1603; borrowed from Latin perōrātus, perfect passive participle of perōrō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, per- + orate.
Across languages
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