v.
Pronunciation: ' per- ə - ˌ r ā t also ' p ə r-
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Form: -rat · ed ; -rat · ing
Etymology: Latin peroratus, past participle of perorare to declaim at length, wind up an oration, from per- through + orare to speak ― more at PER- , ORATION
Date: 1603
1 : to deliver a long or grandiloquent oration
2 : to make a peroration