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allocute

allocute verb: to make an allocution.

Verb

allocute (third-person singular simple present allocutes, present participle allocuting, simple past and past participle allocuted)

  1. (US) To make an allocution.
    • Ms. Collotta had to be steadied several times by her lawyers as she allocuted to the facts on the Macromedia deal and admitted to taking part in a larger conspiracy.2007 May 11, Mark Hamblett, "Attorney Couple Plead Guilty to Insider Trading," New York Law Journal (retrieved from law.com, 10 May 2008)

Forms of allocute

third-person singular presentallocutes
present participleallocuting
past participleallocuted
pastallocuted

Questions about allocute

What does allocute mean?
Allocute means to make an allocution.
What part of speech is allocute?
Allocute is a verb.
What is the past tense of allocute?
The past tense of allocute is allocuted.

Words near allocute in the dictionary

  1. allocrite
  2. allocrites
  3. allocryptopine
  4. allocryptopines
  5. allocthonous
  6. allocute
  7. allocuted
  8. allocutes
  9. allocuting
  10. allocution
  11. allocutions

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