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PERORATE

Dictionary entry overview: What does perorate mean?

• PERORATE (verb)
The verb PERORATE has 2 senses:

1. conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation
2. deliver an oration in grandiloquent style

Familiarity information: PERORATE used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PERORATE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "perorate" is one way to...):

conclude (bring to a close)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Deliver an oration in grandiloquent style

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "perorate" is one way to...):

declaim; recite (recite in elocution)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

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