Definitions for: Peroration


[n] (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration; "he summarized his main points in his peroration"
[n] a flowery and highly rhetorical oration



Webster (1913) Definition: Per`o*ra"tion, n. [L. peroratio, fr. perorate,
peroratum, to speak from beginning to end; per + orate to
speak. See Per-, and Oration.] (Rhet.)
The concluding part of an oration; especially, a final
summing up and enforcement of an argument. --Burke.

See Also: close, closing, conclusion, end, ending, oration

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