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speechify

[ spee-chuh-fahy ]
/ ˈspi tʃəˌfaɪ /
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verb (used without object), speech·i·fied, speech·i·fy·ing.
to make a speech or speeches; harangue.
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Origin of speechify

First recorded in 1715–25; speech + -ify

OTHER WORDS FROM speechify

speech·i·fi·ca·tion, nounspeech·i·fi·er, noun

Words nearby speechify

speech community, speech correction, speech day, speech form, speech from the throne, speechify, speech island, speech-language pathologist, speech-language pathology, speechless, speechmaker
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Words related to speechify

gush, boast, brag, chatter, declaim, expatiate, harangue, orate, pontificate, ramble, rant, sermonize, spellbind, spiel, vapor, yell, go on, hold forth, shoot off one's mouth

How to use speechify in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for speechify

speechify
/ (ˈspiːtʃɪˌfaɪ) /
verb -fies, -fying or -fied (intr)
to make a speech or speeches
to talk pompously and boringly

Derived forms of speechify

speechification, nounspeechifier, noun
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