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41recite — I verb address, articulate, chant, communicate, declaim, delineate, deliver, detail, dicere, discourse, divulge, dramatize, enact, enumerare, enumerate, exponere, express, give a verbal account, give expression, hold forth, interpret, lecture,… …
42speak — I verb address, air, announce, annunciate, apprise, articulate, aver, badinage, bandy words, bear witness, break silence, carry on a conversation, colloque, communicate with, converse, declaim, declare, deliver, deliver an address, denote, dicere …
43harangue — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. speech; tirade, scolding, diatribe; address, declamation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. lecture, discourse, sermon; see discussion 1 , speech 3 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. tirade, diatribe,… …
44pontificate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. declaim, state; preach, orate, lecture. See loquacity, ostentation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. popedom, bishopric, the Vatican; see papacy . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [pawn… …
45rant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. rage, rave, scold, nag; harangue. See excitability, speech. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bombast, tirade, raving, rhetoric; see nonsense 1 . v. Syn. rave, fume, rail, harangue; see bluster , rage 1 .… …
46recite — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. rehearse, relate, repeat, declaim, detail, recapitulate. See speech, description. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To repeat formally] Syn. declaim, address, read, render, quote, discourse, hold forth, enact,… …
47declamation — late 14c., from L. declamationem (nom. declamatio), noun of action from declamare (see DECLAIM (Cf. declaim)) …
48declamatory — 1580s, from L. declamatorius pertaining to the practice of speaking, from declamatus, pp. of declamare (see DECLAIM (Cf. declaim)) …
49spout — I. n. 1. Ajutage, tube, conduit. 2. Nozzle, nose. 3. Waterspout. II. v. a. 1. Spirit, pour out (through a narrow orifice), squirt. 2. Utter (pompously), mouth, declaim, speak. III …
50rant — [[t]rænt[/t]] v. i. 1) to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk wildly; rave 2) to utter or declaim in a ranting manner 3) extravagant or vehement declamation 4) a ranting speech or other utterance • Etymology: 1590–1600; < D… …
