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perorate
CIDE DICTIONARY
perorate, v. i. [See Peroration.].
To make a peroration; to harangue. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
perorate, v.intr.
1 sum up and conclude a speech.
2 speak at length.
1 sum up and conclude a speech.
2 speak at length.
Etymology
L perorare perorat- (as PER-, orare speak)
THESAURUS
perorate
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 upROGET THESAURUS
perorate
Diffuseness
VB be diffuse, run out on, descant, expatiate, enlarge, dilate, amplify, expand, inflate, launch out, branch out, rant, maunder, prose, harp upon, dwell on, insist upon, digress, ramble, battre la campagne, beat about the bush, perorate, spin a long yarn, protract, spin out, swell out, draw out, battologize.For further exploring for "perorate" in Webster Dictionary Online
