Elocute (original) (raw)

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I. (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Declaim in an elocutionary mannerplay

Example:

The poet elocuted beautifully

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "elocute" is one way to...):

declaim; recite (recite in elocution)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

elocution (an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture)

eloquent (expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively)

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