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Definition of Perorates
1. perorate [v] - See also: perorate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perorates
Literary usage of Perorates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1894)
"... instead of declaiming on public spirit, perorates on the " glory of God."
We fancy he is called, in the more refined evangelical circles, ..."
2. Isis Unveiled: A Master-key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1892)
"Positivism," perorates one of them, " is an integral doctrine. It rejects completely
all forms of theological and metaphysical belief; ..."
3. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"He drives now, with his De Stae'l, rapidly to the Armies, to the Frontier Towns ;
produces rose- colored Reports, not too credible; perorates, gesticulates; ..."
4. Portraits of the Eighteenth Century: Historic and Literary by Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1905)
"... much trouble in cleaning my watch with an old glove ; she now wants me to see
that the inside is still black. But that is not all : a soldier perorates ..."
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