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Orator
is always a great word to know.
So is acquittal. Does it mean:
| data presented to a court or jury in proof of the facts in issue and which may include the testimony of witnesses, records, documents, or objects |
| judicial deliverance from a criminal charge on a verdict or finding of not guilty |
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orator
late 14c., "one who pleads or argues for a cause," from Anglo-Fr. oratour, from O.Fr. orateur (14c.), from L. oratorem (nom. orator) "speaker," from orare "speak before a court or assembly, plead," from PIE base *or- "to pronounce a ritual formula" (cf. Skt. aryanti "they praise," Homeric Gk. are, Attic
EXPANDara "prayer," Hittite ariya- "to ask the oracle," aruwai- "to revere, worship"). Meaning "public speaker" is attested from early 15c.
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orator
the rationale and practice of persuasive public speaking. It is immediate in its audience relationships and reactions, but it may also have broad historical repercussions. The orator may become the voice of political or social history.
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