elocute

/ (ˈɛləˌkjuːt) /

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verb

(intr) facetious to speak as if practising elocution; declaim

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Word Origin for elocute

C19: back formation from elocution

Words nearby elocute

Elmont, El Monte, Elmwood Park, El Niño, El Obeid, elocute, elocution, elodea, Elohim, Elohism, Elohist

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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. Drinkwater
She 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