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oratedverbpast tense of orate to talk as if giving an important and formal speechgiven the opportunity, many politicians will orate at considerable length on just about any subject declaimed, discoursed, harangued, mouthed (off), perorated ranted, ravedblew, bloviatedlectured, preached, sermonizedadvertised, announced, broadcast(also broadcasted), declared, proclaimed, pronouncedspeechified, spoke, talked to give a formal often extended talk on a subjectthe respected anthropologist is expected to orate about her latest research findings before a packed auditorium declaimed, descanted, discoursed, expatiated, harangued, lectured, spoke, talked recited, soliloquizeddisserted, expounded, pontificated, sermonizedmouthed, spoutedfilibustered held forth, took the floor |