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perorate

\PUR-uh-rayt\ , intransitive verb:
1.To conclude or sum up a long discourse.
2.To speak or expound at length; to declaim.
不及物动词 vi.
1.作结语;下结论
2.冗长地演说

Quotes:
These people don't talk, they perorate, pontificate, bombast.
~Jean Charbonneau, "Biographer's quest becomes self-searching journey", Denver Post, January 28, 2001
Our mother favored a staccato, stand-up style; if our father could perorate, she could condense.
~Annie Dillard, "The Leg In The Christmas Stocking: What We Learned From Jokes", New York Times, December 7, 1986
You may perorate endlessly.
~Richard Elman, "A Rap on Race", New York Times, June 27, 1971

Origin:
Perorate comes from Latin perorare "to speak at length or to the end," from per-, "through, throughout," + orare, "to speak."