elocute

/ (ˈɛləˌkjuːt) /

verb

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

Origin of 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

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