speechify
IPA: spˈitʃʌfaɪ
verb
- (intransitive) To give a speech; to hold forth; (now especially) to pronounce pompously or at length.
- (transitive, possibly obsolete) To make speeches to (someone); to address in a speech.
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Examples of "speechify" in Sentences
- She had to cajole and debate, charm and speechify.
- How about no donations for Obama unless he can speechify without a teleprompter or other prewritten form?
- Are we to replace a mental midget who can “speechify” but not spell proliferation, with one who forgot how? —
- Republicans could defuse the drama by declining to speechify, instead rising repeatedly to suggest the lack of a quorum and forcing endless roll calls.
- I had a public speaking assignment in high school where everyone in the class was required to "speechify" what the key to good communication was to each of us.
- Speechify, speechify, speechify - that's all he does, and even then it is all lawyered up terminology so he can't be pinned down later for his vague pronouncements and promises.
- * I'm a rape crisis counselor volunteering with the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center; I speechify as part of the Survivor Speakers Bureau, and work with the community education and prevention branch.
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