elocute
Britishverb
Etymology
Origin of elocute
C19: back formation from elocution
Example Sentences
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Movie teenagers are typically depicted as either awkward, loner virgins or erudite pontificators who elocute with the unearned-for-their-age wit of Noel Coward.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 13, 2015
A bigger stage causes everyone to elocute a bit more: Niamh Cusack as the sympathetic teacher is more goody-goody than she was before.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2013
You will think that you would rather elocute ‘The High Tide’ than even to have written it.”
From Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life by Jennie M. Drinkwater
I’m all right now, and if you’ll just elocute that thing, while I array myself in purple and fine linen, I’m sure it will all come back to me.”
From Patty's Summer Days by Carolyn Wells
"And believe me!" interjected Tommy Tucker, "that kid can elocute."
From Betty Gordon at Mountain Camp by Alice B. Emerson
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