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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
orate .
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Examples
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His irrepressible (by Mitford standards) dog Barnabas will only sit when Father Tim orates Scripture.
My new secret boyfriend Roger Sutton 2009
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His irrepressible (by Mitford standards) dog Barnabas will only sit when Father Tim orates Scripture.
Archive 2009-05-01 Roger Sutton 2009
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Mere mellifluousness is enough to cause you to suspend disbelief when a proven slimebag orates?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Jews and Catholics on the Supreme Court? 2010
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Folks, all of this stuff is a smoke screen to keep you occupied while the current administration gets its screws in place and then orates you right out of your britches.
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He listens actively as Welsh orates, but internally he makes faces at the pompous wind-bag.
Lucky Jim (copy) ____Maggie 2009
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Mere mellifluousness is enough to cause you to suspend disbelief when a proven slimebag orates?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Jews and Catholics on the Supreme Court? 2010
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"We all make choices along the way," Spangler orates, but Will corrects him that David didn't choose and neither did he.
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He listens actively as Welsh orates, but internally he makes faces at the pompous wind-bag.
Archive 2009-07-01 ____Maggie 2009
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The people drink grape juice and eat granola bars as George Washington orates.
Appleseed Project teaches marksmanship and history, hopes to improve the country 2010
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“Her body is against him, her cheek against him,” he orates to one writer.
Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010
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