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Word of the Day for Thursday, August 20, 2009 perorate \PUR-uh-rayt\, intransitive verb: 1. To conclude or sum up a long discourse. 2. To speak or expound at length; to declaim. These people don't talk, they perorate, pontificate, bombast. -- Jean Charbonneau, "Biographer's quest becomes self-searching journey", Denver Post, January 28, 2001 Our mother favored a staccato, stand-up style; if our father could perorate, she could condense. -- Annie Dillard, "The Leg In The Christmas Stocking: What We Learned From Jokes", New York Times, December 7, 1986 You may perorate endlessly. -- Richard Elman, "A Rap on Race", New York Times, June 27, 1971 Perorate comes from Latin perorare "to speak at length or to the end," from per-, "through, throughout," + orare, "to speak." Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for perorate Yesterday's Word - Previous Words - Help
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