One entry found for orate.

Entry Word: orate
Function: verb
Text: 1 to talk as if giving an important and formal speech <politicians will orate lengthily at any opportunity>
Synonyms declaim, discourse, harangue, mouth (off)
Related Words rant, rave; lecture, preach; advertise, announce, broadcast, declare, proclaim, pronounce; speak, talk
2 to give a formal often extended talk on a subject <the famous anthropologist will orate about her latest research findings> -- see TALK 1