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Definition of Perorate
1. Verb. Conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation.
2. Verb. Deliver an oration in grandiloquent style.
Definition of Perorate
1. v. i. To make a peroration; to harangue.
Definition of Perorate
1. Verb. (intransitive) To speak or declaim at great length, especially in a pompous or grandiloquent manner; to harangue. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To make a peroration; to make a formal recapitulation at the end of a speech. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Perorate
1. to make a lengthy speech [v -RATED, -RATING, -RATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perorate
Literary usage of Perorate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Master Key,. by Lauron William De Laurence (1914)
"If you must perorate—and for the life of me I don't see why—let it be simple and
... And if you must perorate in poetry, let it be not more than four lines, ..."
2. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1895)
"If not — if you remain to taste cigars, Choose racy diction, perorate at large
With tacit scorn of meaner men who win No wreath or tripos — then admit at ..."
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