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Allocution

ALLOCU'TION, n. [L. allocutio, of ad and loquor, to speak. See Eloquence.] 1. The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words. 2. An address; a formal address; as, of a General to his troops; a Rom...

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ALLOCU'TION, n. [L. allocutio, of ad and loquor, to speak. See Eloquence.]

1. The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words.

2. An address; a formal address; as, of a General to his troops; a Roman term rarely used in English.

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