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Oratorize
Or′a-tor-ize
,Verb.
I.
To play the orator.
[Jocose or derisive]
Dickens.
Definition 2024
oratorize
oratorize
English
Verb
oratorize (third-person singular simple present oratorizes, present participle oratorizing, simple past and past participle oratorized)
- (humorous or derogatory) To play the orator.
- Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers
- In this order they reached the magistrate's house; the chairmen trotting, the prisoners following, Mr. Pickwick oratorizing, and the crowd shouting.
- Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers