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Elocute

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To speak, declaim, etc., in an elocutionary manner. intransitive, transitive
  2. 2
    declaim in an elocutionary manner wordnet
  3. 3
    To state, assert or admit. US

    "The girl, now 13, wore a green dress. She was somber as [Rudy Lozano] required Beith to elocute – state the charges against him and account for his role in the crime."

Etymology

Back-formation from elocution.

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