elocuting

Verb

elocute (third-person singular simple present elocutes, present participle elocuting, simple past and past participle elocuted)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To speak, declaim, etc., in an elocutionary manner.
2. (US) To state, assert or admit.
   • The girl, now 13, wore a green dress. She was somber as [Rudy Lozano] required Beith to elocute – state the charges against him and account for his role in the crime.2002 July 2, Steve Walsh, “‘Because I’m Guilty’: Maximum sentence is 15 years in prison and fine”, in The Post-Tribune, Gary, Indiana, page A1