"illocute" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: illocutes [present, singular, third-person], illocuting [participle, present], illocuted [participle, past], illocuted [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from illocution. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|illocution}} Back-formation from illocution Head templates: {{en-verb}} illocute (third-person singular simple present illocutes, present participle illocuting, simple past and past participle illocuted)
  1. (philosophy, pragmatics, intransitive or transitive with the speech act as object) To perform an illocutionary act. Categories (topical): Philosophy, Pragmatics Related terms: locute, perlocute

Inflected forms

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