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orate
OXFORD DICTIONARY
orate, v.intr. esp. joc. or derog. make a speech or speak, esp. pompously or at length.
Etymology
back-form. f. ORATION
THESAURUS
orate
blah-blah, bombast, debate, declaim, demagogue, elocute, harangue, hold forth, mouth, out-herod Herod, perorate, rabble-rouse, rant, rave, read, recite, rodomontade, sermonize, soapbox, speechify, spiel, spout, tub-thumpFor further exploring for "orate" in Webster Dictionary Online