speechify

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: speech=i=fy

CIDE DICTIONARY

speechify, v. i. [Speech + -fy.].

 To make a speech; to harangue.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

speechify, v.intr. (-ies, -ied) joc. or derog. make esp. boring or long speeches.

Derivative

speechification n. speechifier n.

ROGET THESAURUS

speechify

Speech

VB speak of, say, utter, pronounce, deliver, give utterance to, utter forth, pour forth, breathe, let fall, come out with, rap out, blurt out have on one's lips, have at the end of one's tongue, have at the tip of one's tongue, break silence, open one's lips, open one's mouth, lift one's voice, raise one's voice, give the tongue, wag the tongue, talk, outspeak, put in a word or two, hold forth, make a speech, deliver a speech, speechify, harangue, declaim, stump, flourish, recite, lecture, sermonize, discourse, be on one's legs, have one's say, say one's say, spout, rant, rave, vent one's fury, vent one's rage, expatiate, speak one's mind, go on the stump, take the stump, soliloquize, tell, speak to, talk together, be eloquent, have a tongue in one's head, have the gift of the gab, pass one's lips, escape one's lips, fall from the lips, fall from the mouth.