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Peroration

Peroration Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Peroration? [n] (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration; "he summarized his main points in his peroration" [n] a flowery and highly rhetorical oration Synonyms \| Synonyms for Peroration: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Peroration: addendum \| address \| after-dinner speech \| afterthought \| allocution \| apodosis \| appendix \| back matter \| catastrophe \| ceasing \| cessation \| chalk talk \| chorus \| coda \| codicil \| colophon \| conclusion \| consequence \| consummation \| continuance \| continuation \| crack of doom \| culmination \| curtain \| curtains \| death \| debate \| decease \| declamation \| denouement \| destination \| destiny \| diatribe \| doom \| double take \| dying words \| effect \| end \| end point \| ending \| envoi \| epilogue \| eschatology \| eulogy \| exhortation \| expiration \| fate \| filibuster \| final solution \| final twitch \| final words \| finale \| finality \| finis \| finish \| follow-through \| follow-up \| forensic \| forensic address \| formal speech \| funeral oration \| goal \| harangue \| hortatory address \| inaugural \| inaugural address \| invective \| izzard \| jeremiad \| last \| last breath \| last gasp \| last things \| last trumpet \| last words \| latter end \| omega \| oration \| Parthian shot \| parting shot \| payoff \| pep talk \| period \| philippic \| pitch \| postface \| postfix \| postlude \| postscript \| prepared speech \| prepared text \| PS \| public speech \| quietus \| reading \| recital \| recitation \| refrain \| resolution \| resting place \| sales talk \| salutatory \| salutatory address \| say \| screed \| second thought \| sequel \| sequela \| sequelae \| sequelant \| sequent \| sequitur \| set speech \| speech \| speechification \| speeching \| stoppage \| stopping place \| subscript \| suffix \| supplement \| swan song \| tag \| talk \| talkathon \| term \| terminal \| termination \| terminus \| tirade \| valediction \| valedictory \| valedictory address \| windup \| Z See Also \| close \| closing \| conclusion \| end \| ending \| oration Peroration In Webster's Dictionary \Per`o*ra"tion\, n. [L. peroratio, fr. perorate, peroratum, to speak from beginning to end; per + orate to speak. See {Per-}, and {Oration}.] (Rhet.) The concluding part of an oration; especially, a final summing up and enforcement of an argument. --Burke.

Peroration Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Peroration?

[n] (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration; "he summarized his main points in his peroration"
[n] a flowery and highly rhetorical oration

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Peroration In Webster's Dictionary

\Per`o*ra"tion\, n. [L. peroratio, fr. perorate,
peroratum, to speak from beginning to end; per + orate to
speak. See {Per-}, and {Oration}.] (Rhet.)
The concluding part of an oration; especially, a final
summing up and enforcement of an argument. --Burke.

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