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orate
c.1600, "to pray, to plead," from L.
oratus,
pp. of
orare
"pray, plead, speak before a court or assembly" (see
orator
). The meaning "make a formal speech" emerged c.1860 in Amer.Eng. as a back-formation of
oration
.
