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oratorize

oratorize verb: to play the orator.

Verb

oratorize (third-person singular simple present oratorizes, present participle oratorizing, simple past and past participle oratorized)

  1. (derogatory, humorous) To play the orator.
    • In this order they reached the magistrate's house; the chairmen trotting, the prisoners following, Mr. Pickwick oratorizing, and the crowd shouting.1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC

Forms of oratorize

third-person singular presentoratorizes
present participleoratorizing
past participleoratorized
pastoratorized

Origin of oratorize

From orator + -ize.

Questions about oratorize

What does oratorize mean?
Oratorize means to play the orator.
What part of speech is oratorize?
Oratorize is a verb.
What is the past tense of oratorize?
The past tense of oratorize is oratorized.

Words near oratorize in the dictionary

  1. oratories
  2. oratorio
  3. Oratorio de Concepción
  4. oratorios
  5. oratorious
  6. oratorize
  7. oratorized
  8. oratorizes
  9. oratorizing
  10. oratorlike
  11. orators

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