"speechify" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈspiːt͡ʃɪfaɪ/ Forms: speechifies [present, singular, third-person], speechifying [participle, present], speechified [participle, past], speechified [past]
Etymology: From speech + -ify. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|speech|ify}} speech + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} speechify (third-person singular simple present speechifies, present participle speechifying, simple past and past participle speechified)
  1. (intransitive) To give a speech; to hold forth; (now especially) to pronounce pompously or at length. Tags: intransitive Translations (Translations): discursear (Spanish), perorar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-speechify-en-verb-F5MUt2Z1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 77 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 91 9
  2. (transitive, possibly obsolete) To make speeches to (someone); to address in a speech. Tags: obsolete, possibly, transitive
    Sense id: en-speechify-en-verb-I6oxp9OP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: speechifying Related terms: bespeech

Inflected forms

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      "word": "discursear"
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      "word": "perorar"
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