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speechify

/ˈspiːt͡ʃɪfaɪ/

speechify verb: to give a speech; to hold forth; (now especially) to pronounce pompously or at length.

Verb

speechify (third-person singular simple present speechifies, present participle speechifying, simple past and past participle speechified)

  1. (intransitive) To give a speech; to hold forth; (now especially) to pronounce pompously or at length.
    • Caleb was a powerful man and knew little of any fear except the fear of hurting others and the fear of having to speechify.1871–1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter LVI, in Middlemarch […], volume III, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book VI, page 238
    • He never missed a chance of speechifying in public.1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1351
  2. (obsolete, possibly, transitive) To make speeches to (someone); to address in a speech.
    • They take their little enjoyments on little means and with little things and don't let solemn big-wigs stare them out of countenance or speechify them dull.1864, Charles Dickens, chapter 2, in Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy

speechify meaning in Bengali

speechify in Bengali

বক্তৃতা দেওয়া, আড়ম্বরপূর্ণভাবে, অনেকক্ষণ ধরে কথা বলা

Forms of speechify

third-person singular presentspeechifies
present participlespeechifying
past participlespeechified
pastspeechified

Origin of speechify

From speech + -ify.

Words formed from speechify

Questions about speechify

What does speechify mean?
Speechify means to give a speech; to hold forth; (now especially) to pronounce pompously or at length.
What is speechify in Bengali?
Speechify in Bengali is বক্তৃতা দেওয়া, আড়ম্বরপূর্ণভাবে, অনেকক্ষণ ধরে কথা বলা. See Speechify meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is speechify?
Speechify is a verb.
How do you pronounce speechify?
Speechify is pronounced /ˈspiːt͡ʃɪfaɪ/.
What is the past tense of speechify?
The past tense of speechify is speechified.

Words near speechify in the dictionary

  1. speechifications
  2. speechified
  3. speechifier
  4. speechifiers
  5. speechifies
  6. speechify
  7. speechifying
  8. speechifyings
  9. speeching
  10. speechings
  11. speechless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: speechify (page history and authors); speechify (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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