orate

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But I guess that blood can de-te-ri-orate, as the feller said.

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  1. intransitive verb To speak in a formal, often pompous manner.

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  • Haplo patted the dog down and obligingly began to orate, speaking loudly in order to be heard above the crunch, whiz, bang of the Kicksey-Winsey. —  Death Gate Cycle 1 - Dragon Wing
  • Let it invig- orate him, stimulate him, chase the cold shadows of dread from within The despair had been at his own loss; his, Tam and Spammy's loss. —  Also by Christopher Brookmyre
  • And why are almost all of them millionaires, some of them you would swear could not have graduated from H.S. and that's only by listening to them orate. —  AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
  • Scene after scene of verbose fiddle-faddle: Characters orate at each other, while sitting in cars, sitting at dining tables, sitting in living rooms, sitting at office desks. —  GreenCine Daily
  • It is true that your great triumph to this point, the thing that has gotten you the presidency, is your ability to stand up and orate in a dignified and reassuring way. —  Infidel Bloggers Alliance
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  1. Latin ōrāre, ōrāt-, to pray, speak publicly.

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  1. In form from Latin oratus, past participle of orare (later Italian orare = Spanish Portuguese orar). pray, speak; but in fact humorously formed from oration, orator, after the analogy of indicate, indicator, etc., illustrate, illustrator, etc.: see oration.
 

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/ˈoʊreɪt/
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