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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
elocution
    n 1: an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and
         gesture

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Elocution \El`o*cu"tion\, n. [L. elocutio, fr. eloqui, elocutus,
   to speak out: cf. F. ['e]locution. See Eloquent.]
   1. Utterance by speech. [R.]
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            [Fruit] whose taste . . .
            Gave elocution to the mute, and taught
            The tongue not made for speech to speak thy praise.
                                                  --Milton.
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   2. Oratorical or expressive delivery, including the graces of
      intonation, gesture, etc.; style or manner of speaking or
      reading in public; as, clear, impressive elocution. "The
      elocution of a reader." --Whately
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   3. Suitable and impressive writing or style; eloquent
      diction. [Obs.]
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            To express these thoughts with elocution. --Dryden.
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Thesaurus Results for Elocution:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
accents, chatter, comment, conversation, debating, declamation, demagogism, discourse, eloquence, forensics, gab, homiletics, language, lecturing, oral communication, oratory, palaver, parole, platform oratory, prattle, public speaking, pyrotechnics, rabble-rousing, rapping, rhetoric, speaking, speech, speechcraft, speechification, speeching, speechmaking, stump speaking, talk, talking, wordcraft, words, yakkety-yak, yakking
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