perorate

P3E1R1O1R1A1T1E1

verb

To speak or declaim at great length, especially in a pompous or grandiloquent manner; to harangue.

OriginLatin perōrātus →
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Meanings

verbperorate (third-person singular simple present perorates, present participle perorating, simple past and past participle perorated)

present singular third person perorates · participle present perorating · participle past perorated · past perorated

  1. intransitiveTo speak or declaim at great length, especially in a pompous or grandiloquent manner; to harangue.
  2. intransitiveTo make a peroration; to make a formal recapitulation at the end of a speech.

Origin

  1. Latinperōrātus
  2. Englishperorate

First attested in 1603; borrowed from Latin perōrātus, perfect passive participle of perōrō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, per- + orate.

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Translations

Bulgarian ораторствам
  • ораторствам (oratorstvam)speak or declaim at great length
French pérorer
  • pérorerspeak or declaim at great length
Italian perorare
  • perorarespeak or declaim at great length
Russian ора́торствовать
  • ора́торствовать (orátorstvovatʹ)speak or declaim at great length
Cite this entry
APA

perorate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perorate

MLA

“perorate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perorate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perorate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perorate.

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