Definition of Orate

1. Verb. Talk pompously.

Specialized synonyms: Bloviate
Generic synonyms: Speak, Talk
Derivative terms: Orator

Definition of Orate

1. Verb. To speak formally; to give a speech. ¹

2. Verb. To speak passionately; to preach for or against something. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Orate

1. to speak formally [v ORATED, ORATING, ORATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Orate

orangutan
orangutang
orangutangs
orangutanlike
orangutans
orangy
orant
orants
oraria
orarian
orarians
orarion
orarions
orarium
orariums
orate (current term)
orated
orates
orating
oratio directa
oratio obliqua
oratio recta
oration
orationed
orationing
orations
orator
oratorial
oratorially
oratorian

Literary usage of Orate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"I am not, he said, going to orate. You did not come here, I guess, to hear me pay ... Men are apt ... to orate on any topic that chances to be uppermost. ..."

2. A Class-book of Botany: Designed for Colleges, Academies, and Other by Alphonso Wood (1869)
"Spikelets 4—6, orate, aggregated closely, sessile and bracteate; ... plano-convex, very diverging in maturity, about twice as long as the short, orate, ..."

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