orate

Pronunciation: /ɔːˈɹeɪt/

The English word “orate” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

To speak formally; to give a speech.
To speak passionately; to preach for or against something.

adjective

Competent in oracy; having good speaking skills.

Etymology

Partly borrowed from Latin ōrātus, perfect passive participle of ōrō (“to speak; to pray”) and/or partly back-formation from oration, from Latin ōrātiō (“speech, discourse, oration”); either way, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, Latin or- + -ate.

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