Usually means: Speak publicly in formal manner.
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  8. orate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  1. orate: Legal dictionary

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  1. ORATE: Acronym Finder

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  1. Orate: Urban Dictionary

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verb:  To speak formally; to give a speech.
verb:  To speak passionately; to preach for or against something.
adjective:  Competent in oracy; having good speaking skills.

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