From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Harangue \Ha*rangue"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Harangued}
(h[.a]*r[a^]ngd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Haranguing}.] [Cf. F.
haranguer, It. aringare.]
To make an harangue; to declaim.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Harangue \Ha*rangue"\ (h[.a]*r[a^]ng"), n. [F. harangue: cf. Sp.
arenga, It. aringa; lit., a speech before a multitude or on
the hustings, It. aringo arena, hustings, pulpit; all fr.
OHG. hring ring, anything round, ring of people, G. ring. See
{Ring}.]
A speech addressed to a large public assembly; a popular
oration; a loud address to a multitude; in a bad sense, a
noisy or pompous speech; declamation; ranting.
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Gray-headed men and grave, with warriors mixed,
Assemble, and harangues are heard. --Milton.
Syn: {Harangue}, {Speech}, {Oration}.
Usage: Speech is generic; an oration is an elaborate and
rhetorical speech; an harangue is a vehement appeal to
the passions, or a noisy, disputatious address. A
general makes an harangue to his troops on the eve of
a battle; a demagogue harangues the populace on the
subject of their wrongs.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Harangue \Ha*rangue"\, v. t.
To address by an harangue.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harangue
n 1: a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
[syn: {harangue}, {rant}, {ranting}]
v 1: deliver a harangue to; address forcefully
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