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English Dictionary: ranting by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ranting
n
  1. a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
    Synonym(s): harangue, rant, ranting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rant \Rant\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ranted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Ranting}.] [OD. ranten, randen, to dote, to be enraged.]
      To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language,
      without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and
      bombastic in talk or declamation; as, a ranting preacher.
  
               Look where my ranting host of the Garter comes! --Shak.
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