SPEECHIFY (speechified)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: speechified   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does speechify mean? 

• SPEECHIFY (verb)
  The verb SPEECHIFY has 1 sense:

1. make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality

  Familiarity information: SPEECHIFY used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPEECHIFY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they speechify    ... he / she / it speechifies   
Past simple: speechified   
Past participle: speechified   
-ing form: speechifying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

These ministers speechify on every occasion

Hypernyms (to "speechify" is one way to...):

deliver; present (deliver (a speech, oration, or idea))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue speechify

Derivation:

speech (a lengthy rebuke)

speech (the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience)

speechifier (a person who delivers a speech or oration)