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1hold forth — ► hold forth talk at length or tediously. Main Entry: ↑hold …
2hold forth — index declaim, exposit, offer (propose), recite, recount Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3hold forth — verb talk at length and formally about a topic The speaker dissertated about the social politics in 18th century England • Syn: ↑discourse, ↑dissertate • Derivationally related forms: ↑dissertation (for: ↑dissertate) …
4hold forth — phrasal verb Word forms hold forth : present tense I/you/we/they hold forth he/she/it holds forth present participle holding forth past tense held forth past participle held forth 1) [intransitive] to talk for a long time about something that is… …
5hold forth — talk at length about one subject, lecture If you mention his favorite topic ants he ll hold forth for hours! …
6To hold forth — Hold Hold, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Held}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Holding}. {Holden}, p. p., is obs. in elegant writing, though still used in legal language.] [OE. haldan, D. houden, OHG. hoten, Icel. halda, Dan. holde, Sw. h[*a]lla, Goth. haldan to feed,… …
7To hold forth — Hold Hold, v. i. In general, to keep one s self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence: [1913 Webster] 1. Not to move; to halt; to stop; mostly in the imperative. [1913 Webster] And damned be him that first cries, Hold, enough!… …
8hold forth — {v.} 1. To offer; propose. * /As a candidate, Jones held forth the promise of a bright future./ 2. To speak in public; preach. Usually used with little respect. * /Senator Smith was holding forth on free trade./ …
9hold forth — {v.} 1. To offer; propose. * /As a candidate, Jones held forth the promise of a bright future./ 2. To speak in public; preach. Usually used with little respect. * /Senator Smith was holding forth on free trade./ …
10hold\ forth — v 1. To offer; propose. As a candidate, Jones held forth the promise of a bright future. 2. To speak in public; preach. Usually used with little respect. Senator Smith was holding forth on free trade …
