Meaning of PERORATION
| Pronunciation: | | `peru'reyshun
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- [n] (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration; "he summarized his main points in his peroration"
- [n] a flowery and highly rhetorical oration
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| | See Also: | | close, closing, conclusion, end, ending, oration | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Per`o*ra"tion\, n. [L. peroratio, fr. perorate,
peroratum, to speak from beginning to end; per + orate to
speak. See {Per-}, and {Oration}.] (Rhet.)
The concluding part of an oration; especially, a final
summing up and enforcement of an argument. --Burke.
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