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oratorizes

oratorizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 oratorizes

What is oratorizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Oratorizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of oratorize.

Words near oratorizes in the dictionary

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

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