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speechify
speech·i·fy S0620300 (spē′chə-fī′)intr.v. speech·i·fied, speech·i·fy·ing, speech·i·fies To give a speech: "In Washington, cabinet secretaries pose and speechify" (Jonathan Alter). speech′i·fi′er n.speechify (ˈspiːtʃɪˌfaɪ) vb (intr) , -fies, -fying or -fied1. to make a speech or speeches2. to talk pompously and boringly ˌspeechifiˈcation n ˈspeechiˌfier nspeech•i•fy (ˈspi tʃəˌfaɪ) v.i. -fied, -fy•ing. to make a speech. [1715–25] speechify Past participle: speechified Gerund: speechifying
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speechify | speechify |
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I speechify | you speechify | he/she/it speechifies | we speechify | you speechify | they speechify |
Preterite |
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I speechified | you speechified | he/she/it speechified | we speechified | you speechified | they speechified |
Present Continuous |
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I am speechifying | you are speechifying | he/she/it is speechifying | we are speechifying | you are speechifying | they are speechifying |
Present Perfect |
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I have speechified | you have speechified | he/she/it has speechified | we have speechified | you have speechified | they have speechified |
Past Continuous |
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I was speechifying | you were speechifying | he/she/it was speechifying | we were speechifying | you were speechifying | they were speechifying |
Past Perfect |
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I had speechified | you had speechified | he/she/it had speechified | we had speechified | you had speechified | they had speechified |
Future |
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I will speechify | you will speechify | he/she/it will speechify | we will speechify | you will speechify | they will speechify |
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I will have speechified | you will have speechified | he/she/it will have speechified | we will have speechified | you will have speechified | they will have speechified |
Future Continuous |
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I will be speechifying | you will be speechifying | he/she/it will be speechifying | we will be speechifying | you will be speechifying | they will be speechifying |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been speechifying | you have been speechifying | he/she/it has been speechifying | we have been speechifying | you have been speechifying | they have been speechifying |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been speechifying | you will have been speechifying | he/she/it will have been speechifying | we will have been speechifying | you will have been speechifying | they will have been speechifying |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been speechifying | you had been speechifying | he/she/it had been speechifying | we had been speechifying | you had been speechifying | they had been speechifying |
Conditional |
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I would speechify | you would speechify | he/she/it would speechify | we would speechify | you would speechify | they would speechify |
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I would have speechified | you would have speechified | he/she/it would have speechified | we would have speechified | you would have speechified | they would have speechified | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | speechify - make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality; "These ministers speechify on every occasion"deliver, present - deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students" | Translationsspeechify
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