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SPEECHIFY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: speechified   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality

Example:

These ministers speechify on every occasion

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "speechify" is one way to...):

deliver; present (deliver (a speech, oration, or idea))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue speechify

Derivation:

speech (a lengthy rebuke)

speech (the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience)

speechifier (a person who delivers a speech or oration)

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