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Webster 1913 Edition

Peroration

Perˊo-ra′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
peroratio
, fr.
perorate
,
peroratum
, to speak from beginning to end;
per
+
orate
to speak. See
Per-
, and
Oration
.]
(Rhet.)
The concluding part of an oration; especially, a final summing up and enforcement of an argument.
Burke.

Webster 1828 Edition

Peroration

PERORA'TION

,
Noun.
[L. peroratio, from peroro; per and oro, to pray.]
The concluding part of an oration, in which the speaker recapitulates the principal points of his discourse or argument, and urges them with greater earnestness and force,with a view to make a deep impression on his hearers.

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