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perorate

[ per-uh-reyt ]

verb (used without object)

perorated, perorating.
  1. to speak at length; make a long, usually grandiloquent speech.
  2. to bring a speech to a close with a formal conclusion.


perorate

/ ˈ±èÉ›°ùəˌ°ù±ðɪ³Ù /

verb

  1. to speak at length, esp in a formal manner
  2. to conclude a speech or sum up, esp with a formal recapitulation
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è±ð°ùo·°ù²¹î€…t´Ç°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of perorate1

First recorded in 1595–1605; from Latin ±è±ð°ùÅ°ùÄå³Ù³Ü²õ, past participle of ±è±ð°ùÅ°ùÄå°ù±ð; per-, orate
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“I’ll just look into my soft drink and listen to someone else perorate about me,†Sting said.

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It perorates for a supernaturalist whose fashionable ignorance, touched with less durable vulgarity, blinded him to such visions as, in our time, the poet "A. E." has depicted.

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The venerable Earl of Hughenden came in as I was perorating.

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A third, perorated a long and beautifully written review, by the bold and startling announcement—"This writer is unquestionably a highly respectable youth."

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Mr. Tompkins marries their insights to those of Jews, Buddhists and Muslims, and he perorates with a survey of people who have encountered apparitions of dead animals.

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