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Definition of perorate

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (intransitive)To speak or declaim at great length, especially in a pompous or grandiloquent manner; to harangue.
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verb

  1. (intransitive)To speak or declaim at great length, especially in a pompous or grandiloquent manner; to harangue.
  2. (intransitive)To make a peroration; to make a formal recapitulation at the end of a speech.

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Etymology

First attested in 1603; borrowed from Latin perōrātus, perfect passive participle of perōrō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, per- + orate.

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