Definition of Perorating

1. Verb. (present participle of perorate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Perorating

1. perorate [v] - See also: perorate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Perorating

peroneotibial
perones
peroneus
peroneus brevis
peroneus longus
peroneus tertius
peroqua
peroquas
peroral
peroral endoscopy
perorally
perorate
perorated
perorates
perorating (current term)
peroration
perorational
perorations
perorator
perorators
perosamine
perosis
perospirone
perosseous
perovskite
perovskites
peroxi-
peroxid

Literary usage of Perorating

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

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"Thus at Caen, in the early July days, there is a drumming and parading, a perorating and consulting: Staff and Army; Council; ..."

2. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1870)
"... and walked violently up and down the room, gesticulating wildly, perorating rapidly, and followed by the ambassador, who was not allowed to put in a ..."

3. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1889)
"long-winded orator after another stepping forward to the edge of the pit, and there gesticulating and perorating with the fluency of a Paris Town Councillor ..."

4. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"A foolish stump-orator, perorating on his platform mere benevolences, seems a pleasant object to many ..."

5. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1908)
"... with oratorical adaptations, he proceeds to give, perorating on plain and florid style, in a manner not unworthy of his precepts. ..."

6. Danton: A Study by Hilaire Belloc (1899)
"On the very night of his return, Robespierre was perorating at tha Jacobins against atheism and on the great idea of God, but within twelve hours, ..."

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