orating

Variant of orate

orate definition

orate (ō rāt′, ôr′at′)

intransitive verb orated orat′·ed, orating orat′·ing

to make an oration; speak in a pompous or bombastic manner: a humorously derogatory term

Etymology: back-form. < oration

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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