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o⋅rate

  [aw-reyt, oh-reyt, awr-eyt, ohr-eyt]
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–verb (used without object), verb (used with object), -rat⋅ed, -rat⋅ing.
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
Origin:
1590–1600; back formation from oration
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o·rate   (ô-rāt', ō-rāt', ôr'āt', ōr'-)   
intr.v.   o·rat·ed, o·rat·ing, o·rates
To speak in a formal, often pompous manner.

[Latin ōrāre, ōrāt-, to pray, speak publicly.]
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