Recite+a+speech

  • 11make a speech — index converse, declaim, discourse, recite, speak Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 12Phaedrus (dialogue) — The Phaedrus (Greek: Φαίδρος), written by Plato, is a dialogue between Plato s main protagonist, Socrates, and Phaedrus, an interlocutor in several dialogues. The Phaedrus was presumably composed around 370 BC, around the same time as Plato s… …

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  • 13declaim — [dē klām′, diklām′] vi. [ME declamen < L declamare < de , intens. + clamare, to cry, shout: see CLAMOR] 1. to recite a speech, poem, etc. with studied or artificial eloquence 2. a) to speak in a dramatic, pompous, or blustering way b) to… …

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  • 14Declaim — De*claim (d[ e]*kl[=a]m ), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Declaimed} (d[ e]*kl[=a]md ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Declaiming}.] [L. declamare; de + clamare to cry out: cf. F. d[ e]clamer. See {Claim}.] 1. To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration;… …

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  • 15Declaimed — Declaim De*claim (d[ e]*kl[=a]m ), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Declaimed} (d[ e]*kl[=a]md ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Declaiming}.] [L. declamare; de + clamare to cry out: cf. F. d[ e]clamer. See {Claim}.] 1. To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or… …

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  • 16Declaiming — Declaim De*claim (d[ e]*kl[=a]m ), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Declaimed} (d[ e]*kl[=a]md ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Declaiming}.] [L. declamare; de + clamare to cry out: cf. F. d[ e]clamer. See {Claim}.] 1. To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or… …

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  • 17Charles Macklin — Portrait of Charles Macklin by John Opie, circa 1792 Charles Macklin (26 September 1699 – 11 July 1797), originally Cathal MacLochlainn (or Charles McLaughlin in English), was an actor and dramatist born in Culdaff, a village on the scenic… …

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  • 18say — verb (says; past and past participle said) 1》 utter words so as to convey information, an opinion, an instruction, etc.     ↘(of a text or symbol) convey information or instructions.     ↘(of a clock or watch) indicate (a time).     ↘(be said) be …

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  • 19declaim — v. n. 1. Harangue, speak (rhetorically), mouth, rant, spout (colloq.). 2. Recite a speech, practise speaking …

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  • 20Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… …

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