oratorizev.
/ˈɒrət(ə)rʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈɔrədəˌraɪz/ Now rare.† 1. intransitive. To deliver an oration. In later use usually humorous or depreciative: to speak pompously or at length; to ‘preach’. Obsolete.
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the mind > language > speech > speech-making > make a speech [verb (intransitive)]
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1620 S. D'Ewes in J. H. Marsden College Life Time James I (1851) 107 Dr. Collins oratorized, as his manner was, most excellently.
a1641 J. Webster & T. Heywood Appius & Virginia (1654) v. 57 To hear me conscionate, and Oratorize.
1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxiv. 254 Mr. Pickwick oratorising, and the crowd shouting.
1853 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 73 508 Lecturers..have of late years been perambulating the country oratorising on this subject.
1893 Temple Bar Nov. 324 In vain did he attempt to oratorize. The remorseless villains threw up their hats, hissed, [etc.].
2. transitive. To set forth using oratory. rare.
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the mind > language > speech > speech-making > deliver (a speech) [verb (transitive)] > set forth with a speech
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1853 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 74 503 You knew, the while these your words were awakening detestation of Swift, you were oratorising a very great sham—all nonsense—stuff.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 30 Apr. 1/3 With what fervour and eloquence did they oratorise those memorable State papers!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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