"perorate" meaning in English

See perorate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: perorates [present, singular, third-person], perorating [participle, present], perorated [participle, past], perorated [past]
Etymology: per- + orate Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|per|orate}} per- + orate Head templates: {{en-verb}} perorate (third-person singular simple present perorates, present participle perorating, simple past and past participle perorated)
  1. (intransitive) To speak or declaim at great length, especially in a pompous or grandiloquent manner; to harangue. Tags: intransitive Translations (speak or declaim at great length): ораторствам (oratorstvam) (Bulgarian), pérorer (French), perorare (Italian), ора́торствовать (orátorstvovatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-perorate-en-verb-8Bqnx1HI Disambiguation of 'speak or declaim at great length': 100 0
  2. (intransitive) To make a peroration; to make a formal recapitulation at the end of a speech. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-perorate-en-verb-FQiyKan- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with per-, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with per-: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: peroration, ramble

Inflected forms

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