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ELOCUTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does elocute mean?
• ELOCUTE (verb)
The verb ELOCUTE has 1 sense:
1. declaim in an elocutionary manner
Familiarity information: ELOCUTE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Declaim in an elocutionary manner
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
The poet elocuted beautifully
Hypernyms (to "elocute" is one way to...):
declaim; recite (recite in elocution)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
elocution (an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture)
eloquent (expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively)
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