Meaning of PERORATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'peru`reyt
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- [v] deliver an oration in grandiloquent style
- [v] conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation
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| | See Also: | | conclude, declaim, recite | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Per"o*rate\, v. i. [See {Peroration}.]
To make a peroration; to harangue. [Colloq.]
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| | Related Terms: | | abort, cease, chatter, close, conclude, debate, declaim, demagogue, determine, drag out, draw out, elocute, end, extend, fill out, finish, finish up, harangue, hold forth, mouth, never finish, orate, out-herod Herod, pad, protract, rabble-rouse, rant, rave, read, recite, resolve, rodomontade, run out, scrap, scratch, soapbox, speak at length, spiel, spin out, spout, stop, stretch out, string out, terminate, tub-thump, wind up |
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