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peroration noun As you may have already guessed, "peroration" is a relative of "oration." Both words ultimately derive from the Latin "orare," meaning "to speak" or "to plead." The direct ancestor of "peroration" is the Latin verb "perorare," meaning "to declaim at length" or "to wind up an oration." "Perorare," in turn, comes from the combination of "per-" ("through") and "orare." The English language also has the verb "perorate," which means "to deliver a long or grandiloquent speech" or "to offer a concluding part of a speech."*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence. 1 : the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration2 : a highly rhetorical speech

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November 8, 2006 pair-uh-RAY-shun The President concluded, in an eloquent and ringing peroration, that it was necessary for the nation to stand together against hardships.

Word	peroration
Date	November 8, 2006
Type	noun
Syllables	pair-uh-RAY-shun
Etymology	As you may have already guessed, "peroration" is a relative of "oration." Both words ultimately derive from the Latin "orare," meaning "to speak" or "to plead." The direct ancestor of "peroration" is the Latin verb "perorare," meaning "to declaim at length" or "to wind up an oration." "Perorare," in turn, comes from the combination of "per-" ("through") and "orare." The English language also has the verb "perorate," which means "to deliver a long or grandiloquent speech" or "to offer a concluding part of a speech." *Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
Examples	The President concluded, in an eloquent and ringing peroration, that it was necessary for the nation to stand together against hardships.
Definition	1 : the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration 2 : a highly rhetorical speech

Peroration Latin Meaning Verb Perorare Concluding Part November