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  • 61declaim — /dəˈkleɪm / (say duh klaym) verb (i) 1. to speak aloud rhetorically; make a formal speech. 2. to speak or write for oratorical effect, without sincerity or sound argument. –verb (t) 3. to utter aloud in a rhetorical manner. –phrase 4. declaim… …

  • 62orator — [n] speaker declaimer, lector, lecturer, pontificator, preacher, public speaker, reciter, rhetorician, sermonizer; concepts 60,285 …

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  • 63Baker, Henry — (1698 1774)    London born naturalist, author, minor poet and Fellow of the Royal Society whose fame rests on his accumulating a fortune based on his method for teaching deaf children. In 1728 (under the name of Henry Stonecastle) he and Daniel… …

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  • 64b(e)u-2, bh(e)ū̆- —     b(e)u 2, bh(e)ū̆     English meaning: to swell, puff     Deutsche Übersetzung: “aufblasen, schwellen”     Note: Explosive sound of the inflated cheek, like pu , phu see d .; running beside primeval creation crosses the sound lawful… …

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  • 65declaim — [dē klām′, diklām′] vi. [ME declamen < L declamare < de , intens. + clamare, to cry, shout: see CLAMOR] 1. to recite a speech, poem, etc. with studied or artificial eloquence 2. a) to speak in a dramatic, pompous, or blustering way b) to… …

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  • 66declaim — v. 1 intr. & tr. speak or utter rhetorically or affectedly. 2 intr. practise oratory or recitation. 3 intr. (foll. by against) protest forcefully. 4 intr. deliver an impassioned (rather than reasoned) speech. Derivatives: declaimer n. Etymology:… …

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  • 67recitationist — sh(ə)nə̇st noun ( s) Etymology: recitation + ist : elocutionist * * * recitāˈtionist noun A declaimer • • • Main Entry: ↑recite …

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