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elocute

verb

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Wiktionary

verb

Etymology: Back-formation from elocution.

  1. To speak, declaim, etc., in an elocutionary manner.
  2. 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.

    “If the defendant gets up and elocutes today that he’s sorry – the facts show that he is not sorry, that he doesn’t believe he committed any crimes,” York County Deputy District Attorney Justina McGettigan told the court.

elocute — meaning, definition (verb) · Vinony