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Verb: perorate  'pe-ru,reyt
  1. Deliver an oration in grandiloquent style
    "The politician perorated for hours, impressing no one"
     
  2. Conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation
    "He perorated his lecture with a summary of the main points"

Derived forms: perorated, perorates, perorating

Type of: conclude, declaim, recite

Encyclopedia: Perorate