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English to English noun
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an instance of oratory |  | Example: he delivered an oration on the decline of family values
source: wordnet30
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An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner; especially, a discourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration, or the like; -- distinguished from an argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at Bunker Hill. | | source: webster1913 verb
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To deliver an oration. | | source: webster1913
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