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speechify

[spee-chuh-fahy]

verb (used without object), speech·i·fied, speech·i·fy·ing.

to make a speech or speeches; harangue.

Origin:
1715–25; speech + -ify

Related forms

speech·i·fi·ca·tion, noun

speech·i·fi·er, noun

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speechify (ˈspiːtʃɪˌfaɪ)

—vb , -fies, -fying, -fied
1.	to make a speech or speeches
2.	to talk pompously and boringly

speechifi'cation

—n

'speechifier

—n

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