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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Oration | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for Oration | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Oration \O*ra"tion\, n.[L. oratio, fr. orare to speak, utter, pray. See {Oral}, {Orison}.] An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner; especially, a discourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration, or the like; -- distinguished from an argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at Bunker Hill. The lord archbishop . . . made a long oration. --Bacon. Syn: Address; speech. See {Harangue}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Oration \O*ra"tion\, v. i. To deliver an oration. --Donne. | |
