English-Thai Dictionary
speechify
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SPEECHIFY
Speech "i *fy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Speechified; p. pr. & vb. n.Speechifying. ] Etym: [Speech + -fy. ]
Defn: To make a speech; to harangue. [Used derisively or humorously. ]
SPEECHIFYING
SPEECHIFYING Speech "i *fy `ing, n.
Defn: The act of making a speech or speeches. [Used derisively or humorously. ] The dinner and speechifying. .. at the opening of the annual season for the buckhounds. M. Arnold.
New American Oxford Dictionary
speechify
speech i fy |ˈspēCHəˌfī ˈspitʃəˌfaɪ | ▶verb ( speechifies, speechifying, speechified ) [ no obj. ] deliver a speech, esp. in a tedious or pompous way: writers should write, not speechify | (as noun speechifying ) : the after-dinner speechifying begins. DERIVATIVES speech i fi ca tion |ˌspēCHəfiˈkāSHən |noun, speech i fi er noun
Oxford Dictionary
speechify
speech |ify |ˈspiːtʃɪfʌɪ | ▶verb ( speechifies, speechifying, speechified ) [ no obj. ] (often as noun speechifying ) deliver a speech, especially in a tedious or pompous way: the after-dinner speechifying begins. DERIVATIVES speechification |-fɪˈkeɪʃ (ə )n |noun, speechifier noun
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
speechify
speech i fy /spíːtʃɪfàɪ /動詞 -fies ; -fied ; ～ing 自動詞 ｟くだけて 非難して ｠(えらそうに 冗長に )演説 [スピーチ ]をする .
The Wordsmith Dictionary