Elocute
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Elocute is a verb meaning (intransitive or transitive) To speak, declaim, etc., in an elocutionary manner.
Meaning
(intransitive or transitive) To speak, declaim, etc., in an elocutionary manner.
More Meanings
- (US, law) To state, assert or admit.
Example Sentences
The girl, now 13, wore a green dress. She was somber as [Rudy Lozano] required Beith to elocute – state the charges against him and account for his role in the crime.
Yes, Manafort pled guilty to essentially these charges in federal court. He elocuted to them and he also admitted that he was guilty of the counts that hung where the jury didn’t reach a verdict.
“If the defendant gets up and elocutes today that he’s sorry – the facts show that he is not sorry, that he doesn’t believe he committed any crimes,” York County Deputy District Attorney Justina McGettigan told the court.
Does anybody really think that Newt Gingrich[…] let alone people such as Dennis Hastert, who later elocuted in court to abusing young boys sexually,[…] does anybody think that these people really went all Aunt Pittypat with shock at Bill and Monica having a little after-hours fun?
Word Forms
- elocutes
- elocuting
- elocuted
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pronounce, orate, recite, locute, tongue, declaim.
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