elocute
/ (ˈɛləˌkjuːt) /
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verb
(intr) facetious to speak as if practising elocution; declaim
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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.
Word Origin for elocute
C19: back formation from elocution
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Example sentences from the Web for elocute
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