Definition of "speechify" []

• To give a speech: "In Washington, cabinet secretaries pose and speechify” ( Jonathan Alter). (verb-intransitive)

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• "I had a public speaking assignment in high school where everyone in the class was required to "speechify" what the key to good communication was to each of us."
• "Speechify, speechify, speechify - that's all he does, and even then it is all lawyered up terminology so he can't be pinned down later for his vague pronouncements and promises."
• "* I'm a rape crisis counselor volunteering with the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center; I speechify as part of the Survivor Speakers Bureau, and work with the community education and prevention branch."