Meanings
present singular third person orates · participle present orating · participle past orated · past orated
- To speak passionately; to preach for or against something.First known use 1600
comparative more orate · superlative most orate
- Competent in oracy; having good speaking skills.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latinōrātiō“speech, discourse, oration”
- Latinōrātus
- Englishorate
Partly borrowed from Latin ōrātus, perfect passive participle of ōrō (“to speak; to pray”) and/or partly back-formation from oration, from Latin ōrātiō (“speech, discourse, oration”); either way, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, Latin or- + -ate.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian ораторствувам
- ораторствувам (oratorstvuvam)to speak formally; to give a speech
Finnish puhua, pitää puhe
- puhuato speak formally; to give a speech
- pitää puheto speak formally; to give a speech
- saarnatato speak passionately; to preach
- paasatato speak passionately; to preach
French discourir, pontifier
- discourirto speak formally; to give a speech
- pontifierto speak formally; to give a speech
- délivrer un laïusto speak formally; to give a speech
- laïusserto speak formally; to give a speech
- disserterto speak formally; to give a speech
- pérorerto speak formally; to give a speech
- haranguerto speak passionately; to preach
- vitupérerto speak passionately; to preach
- admonesterto speak passionately; to preach
Italian vituperare, fare la predica
- vituperareto speak passionately; to preach
- fare la predicato speak passionately; to preach
Māori whaikōrero, whaikupu
- whaikōreroto speak formally; to give a speech
- whaikuputo speak formally; to give a speech
- whaikito speak formally; to give a speech
- kauwhauto speak passionately; to preach
Russian произноси́ть речь, горячо́ убежда́ть
- произноси́ть речь (proiznosítʹ)to speak formally; to give a speech
- горячо́ убежда́ть (gorjačó)to speak passionately; to preach
Spanish disertar, perorar
- disertarto speak formally; to give a speech
- perorarto speak formally; to give a speech
- pontificarto speak formally; to give a speech
- arengarto speak passionately; to preach
- sermonearto speak passionately; to preach
- vituperarto speak passionately; to preach
- amonestarto speak passionately; to preach
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with orate
Anagrams
Cite this entry
orate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orate
“orate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “orate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orate.
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