elocute

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elocute

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Back-formation from elocution.

verb elocutes · elocuting · elocuted

  1. intransitive, transitive To speak, declaim, etc., in an elocutionary manner.
  2. US To state, assert or admit. The girl, now 13, wore a green dress. She was somber as [Rudy Lozano] required Beith to elocute – state the charges against him and account for his role in the crime.

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@misc{elocute_2026,
  title = {elocute},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/elocute},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}