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oratorized

oratorized is the simple past and past participle of oratorize.

Meaning of oratorize

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

Questions about oratorized

What is oratorized the simple past and past participle of?
Oratorized is the simple past and past participle of oratorize.

Words near oratorized in the dictionary

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

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