9 letters · 22 points in Scrabble
verb make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality
originEtymology tree English speech Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English speechify From speech + -ify.
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