5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harangue \Ha*rangue"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Harangued}; p. pr &
vb n. {Haranguing}.] [Cf. F. haranguer, It aringare.]
To make an harangue; to declaim.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harangue \Ha*rangue"\, v. t.
To address by an harangue.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harangue \Ha*rangue"\, n. [F. harangue: cf Sp arenda, It
aringa; lit., a speech before a multitude or on the hustings,
It aringo arena, hustings, pulpit; all fr OHG. hring ring,
anything round, ring of people, G. ring. See {Ring}.]
A speech addressed to a large public assembly; a popular
oration; a loud address a multitude; in a bad sense a noisy
or pompous speech; declamation; ranting.
Gray-headed men and grave, with warriors mixed,
Assemble, and harangues are heard. --Milton.
Syn: {Harangue}, {Speech}, {Oration}.
Usage: Speech is generic; an oration is an elaborate and
rhetorical speech; an harangue is a vehement appeal to
the passions, or a noisy, disputatious address. A
general makes an harangue to his troops on the eve of
a battle; a demagogue harangues the populace on the
subject of their wrongs.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
harangue
n : bombastic declamation [syn: {rant}, {ranting}]
v : deliver a harangue to address forcefully
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
HARANGUE, n. A speech by an opponent, who is known as an harrangue-
outang.
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