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orate

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"Make a formal speech"

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5 lettersPronunciation /ɔːˈɹeɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aeortStarts with OEnds with E1 clues
1O2R3A4T5E

Definitions

  1. talk pompously

Word origin

Partly borrowed from Latin ōrātus, perfect passive participle of ōrō (“to speak; to pray”) and/or partly back-formation from oration, from Latin ōrātiō (“speech, discourse, oration”); either way, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, Latin or- + -ate.

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