orate
verb (used with or without object)
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
had orated
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past perfectof orate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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His own voice pleased the lay-preacher, and he had orated on every subject from politics to street-paving, giving his companion little chance for anything but monosyllabic comments.
From The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country by Ridgwell Cullum
