Speechify
[spi:tʃifai]
Definition
(verb.) make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality; 'These ministers speechify on every occasion'.
Editor: Rufus--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To make a speech; to harangue.
Typed by Duane
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [Colloquial.] Harangue, make a speech, hold forth.
Edited by Erna
Examples
- I'll speechify these yer niggers, said Sam to himself, now I've got a chance. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Caleb was a powerful man and knew little of any fear except the fear of hurting others and the fear of having to speechify. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I don't think it signifies two straws about the 'Pioneer,' or Ladislaw, or Brooke's speechifying to the Middlemarchers. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Pray pity him: so many English gentlemen make themselves miserable by speechifying on entirely private grounds! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Thee'd better keep out of sight, with thy speechifying, said Phineas; they're mean scamps. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Be hanged to these civilians, he thought to himself, they are always for arranging and speechifying. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Checker: Mattie