intransitive. To speak or write as in an epitaph; impersonal in passive. Also, to epitaph it. Obsolete.
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释义 | the mind > language > speech > speech-making > make a speech [verb (intransitive)] > for particular occasion, purpose, or cause (9) epitaph1606 intransitive. To speak or write as in an epitaph; impersonal in passive. Also, to epitaph it. Obsolete. vary1680 spec. In University use: (see quot. 1749). stump1839 (Chiefly U.S.) intransitive. To make stump speeches; to conduct electioneering by public speaking. Also to stump it. to take the stump1868 Originally U.S. Hence, ‘a place or an occasion of political oratory’ (Cent. Dict.). to go on the stump, to take the stump: to go about the… spruik1894 intransitive. To speak in public on a particular topic, to ‘hold forth’; spec. to attract custom to a show, shop, etc., by speaking outside the… to go on the stump1903 Originally U.S. Hence, ‘a place or an occasion of political oratory’ (Cent. Dict.). to go on the stump, to take the stump: to go about the… Limehouse1913 intransitive. To make fiery (political) speeches such as Mr. Lloyd George made at Limehouse in 1909. Also as n. tub-thump1920 (intransitive). soap-box1926 intransitive to speak from or as from a soap-box. |
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