orate (verb)
1orate — ► VERB ▪ make a long or pompous speech …
2orate — verb /ɔːˈɹeɪt,ɒɹˈeɪt,əˈɹeɪt,ˈɔɹ.eɪt,ɔˈɹeɪt/ a) To speak formally; to give a speech. b) To speak passionately; to preach for or against something. Syn: speak, harangue …
3orate — intransitive verb (orated; orating) Etymology: back formation from oration Date: 1669 to speak in an elevated and often pompous manner …
4orate — UK [əˈreɪt] / US [ɔˈreɪt] verb [intransitive] formal to make a speech, especially a very formal or long speech which shows that you think you are very important …
5orate — /ɒˈreɪt/ (say o rayt) verb (i) (orated, orating) to make an oration; hold forth. {backformation from oration} …
6bloviate — verb orate verbosely and windily • Hypernyms: ↑orate • Verb Frames: Somebody s …
7oration — noun a formal speech, especially one given on a ceremonial occasion. Derivatives orate verb Origin ME (denoting a prayer): from L. oratio(n ) discourse, prayer , from orare speak, pray …
8declaim — verb 1) a preacher declaiming from the pulpit Syn: make a speech, give an address, give a lecture, deliver a sermon; speak, hold forth, orate, preach, lecture, sermonize, moralize; informal sound off, spout, speechify, preachify 2) …
9speak — verb 1) she refused to speak about it Syn: talk, say anything/something; utter, state, declare, tell, voice, express, pronounce, articulate, enunciate, vocalize, verbalize 2) we spoke the other day Syn …
10List of English back-formations — Back formation refers to either the process of creating a new lexeme (less precisely, a new word ) by removing actual or supposed affixes, or to the neologism formed by such a process. Back formations are shortened words created from longer words …
