orate

[aw-reyt, oh-reyt, awr-eyt, ohr-eyt]

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verb (used with or without object), o·rat·ed, o·rat·ing.

to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.

Origin of orate

First recorded in 1590–1600; back formation from oration

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Related Words for orating

expound, sermonize, pontificate, moralize, vociferate, grandstand, address, lecture, talk, preach

Examples from the Web for orating

Historical Examples of orating

I remember her standing by the fire and orating, with her tea cup in her hand.
Affinities and Other Stories
Mary Roberts Rinehard
But their opportunity for orating is severely circumscribed.
The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 27, March 1893
Various
I believe I'd rather see you orating on the streets, like Eliza Provost.
The Three Black Pennys
Joseph Hergesheimer
Douglass, was orating, two Irishmen passing by stopped and listened a few minutes, then started on.
The Southern Soldier Boy
James Carson Elliott
If they don't practise the boys in the art of orating, don't you tell me there's an American citizen with a voice in that society.
The Fallen Leaves
Wilkie Collins

British Dictionary definitions for orating

orate

verb (intr)

to make or give an oration
to speak pompously and lengthily

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Word Origin and History for orating

orate

c.1600, "to pray, to plead," from Latin oratus, past participle of orare "speak, pray, plead, speak before a court or assembly" (see orator). The meaning "make a formal speech" emerged c.1860 in American English as a back-formation of oration. Related: Orated; orating.