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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Perorate

Perorate \Per"o*rate\, v. i. [See Peroration.] To make a peroration; to harangue. [Colloq.]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
perorate

c.1600, back-formation from peroration, or else from Latin peroratus, past participle of perorare. Related: Perorated; perorating.

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perorate

vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To speak or declaim at great length, especially in a pompous or grandiloquent manner; to harangue. 2 (context intransitive English) To make a peroration; to make a formal recapitulation at the end of a speech.

WordNet
perorate

  1. v. conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation

  2. deliver an oration in grandiloquent style

Usage examples of "perorate".

To the rest of the crowd, Lodovico perorated: "Young Valdosta here was banished for the sort of wild foolishness of youth that most of you, and myself, engaged in.