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ORATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Talk pompously

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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

speak; talk (exchange thoughts; talk with)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "orate"):

bloviate (orate verbosely and windily)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

orator (a person who delivers a speech or oration)

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