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View synonyms for orate
orate
[ aw-reyt, oh-reyt, awr-eyt, ohr-eyt ]
verb (used with or without object)
, o·rat·ed, o·rat·ing.
- to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
orate
/ ɔːˈreɪt /
verb
- to make or give an oration
- to speak pompously and lengthily
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The surest way to get yanked off the stage — any stage — is to clear one’s throat and begin to orate.
From Washington Post
Do you remember how you always used to let me orate to you when I had anything on hand for the rhetoricals?
From Project Gutenberg
But the captain, facing them, his arms about the delighted Bos'n, positively declined to orate.
From Project Gutenberg
“Orate pro anima,” or “of your charite pray for the soul of ——” were usual inscriptions.
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They'll orate over him, and they'll get frightfully cross for a fortnight, and then they'll do nothing.
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Do not try to be somebody else; be your own self and talk, never "orate" until you can't help it.
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