elocute
/ (ˈɛləˌkjuːt) /
verb
(intr) facetious to speak as if practising elocution; declaim
Origin of elocute
1C19: back formation from elocution
Words Nearby elocute
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How to use elocute in a sentence
You will think that you would rather elocute The High Tide than even to have written it.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. DrinkwaterShe doesn't elocute (I hate that) but she has a full rich voice and her reading is just like music.
Back at School with the Tucker Twins | Nell Speed
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