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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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