intransitive. To utter or enunciate words; to speak on a subject; to pronounce a judgement, verdict, or opinion. Obsolete.

intransitive (a) To hear recitations or lessons; (b) to recite or make a speech, spec. to preach as a repeater (repeater, n. 2b). Obsolete. rare.

To deliver a speech or formal address; to express one's opinions or views in an assembly of any kind.

intransitive. To perorate, make a peroration; to speechify.

intransitive. To speak or declaim at length, to deliver an oration.

intransitive. To deliver an oration. In later use usually humorous or depreciative: to speak pompously or at length; to ‘preach’. Obsolete.

intransitive. To deliver an oration; to preach.

intransitive. To make or deliver a speech or speeches. Also with it. Now rare.

intransitive. To make or deliver a speech or speeches; to harangue or ‘hold forth’; to speak or talk at some length or with some degree of formality.

intransitive. To make an oration or speech. Also transitive: to deliver an oration to (a person, etc.).

intransitive. To deliver an oration; to act the orator; (in mocking or humorous use) to hold forth pompously or at length. Also transitive.

intransitive. To speak on a platform; to campaign publicly. Now rare.

intransitive. To speak or read in public.