PERORATE


Meaning of PERORATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈper-ə-ˌrāt also ]

ˈpər- intransitive verb

( -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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.