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Definition of Elocute
1. Verb. Declaim in an elocutionary manner. "The poet elocuted beautifully"
Definition of Elocute
1. to speak publicly [v ELOCUTED, ELOCUTING, ELOCUTES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elocute
Literary usage of Elocute
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Speaker's Garland: Comprising 100 Choice Selections by Phineas Garrett (1897)
"He has heard much of you, and declares positively he can't go to bed until he
hears you elocute." " Hears me what? " asked the professor, between his ..."
2. A Dream of the Centuries and Other Entertainments for Parlor and Hall by George Bradford Bartlett (1889)
"They say that he's the very best Of any body round ; He knows jest how to elocute
And make the pieces sound. Jest go and twist your hair up high And wear my ..."
3. American Humourists: Recent and Living by Robert Ford (1897)
"Hears you elocute—recite—declaim—understand ? —specimen of your elocution."
In vain did the professor plead the lateness of the hour, and that his fire had ..."
4. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1912)
"(Don't elocute, be natural!} NB It is stronger for Portia to rely upon the words:
lots of gesture and action is used later on in the scene: at the words, ..."
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