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(1):

(n.) An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner; especially, a discourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration, or the like; - distinguished from an argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at Bunker Hill.

(2):

(v. i.) To deliver an oration.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Oration'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​o/oration.html. 1828.
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