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speechify
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Definition:to give a speech
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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
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Zapoikin, as many of my readers are aware, possesses a rare talent for impromptu speechifying at weddings, jubilees, and funerals.
Anton Chekhov. The Schoolmaster and other stories
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