verb · intransitive

perorate

perorate · perorates · perorated · perorating

ораторствовать

To speak or declaim at great length, especially in a pompous or grandiloquent mannerTo speak or declaim at great length, especially in a pompous or grandiloquent manner; to harangue.

Meaning

2 senses

(intransitive)To speak or declaim at great length, especially in a pompous or grandiloquent manner; to harangue.
ора́торствоватьorátorstvovatʹ
(intransitive)To make a peroration; to make a formal recapitulation at the end of a speech.
conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation

Translations

3 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

speak or declaim at great length:

Origin

First attested in 1603; borrowed from Latin perōrātus, perfect passive participle of perōr

First attested in 1603; borrowed from Latin perōrātus, perfect passive participle of perōrō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, per- + orate.

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Forms

perorates, perorating, perorated, perorated

Base form	perorate · to perorate
3rd person singular	perorates
Present participle	perorating
Past simple	perorated
Past participle	perorated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	perorate
he, she, it	perorates

Past simpleLesson

all persons

perorated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have perorated
he, she, it	has perorated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will perorate

Word family

2 related words

Relatedperoration ramble

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle