Hypertext Webster Gateway: "elocution"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Elocution \El`o*cu"tion\, n. [L. elocutio, fr. eloqui, elocutus,
to speak out: cf. F. ['e]locution. See {Eloquent}.]
1. Utterance by speech. [R.]

[Fruit] whose taste . . . Gave elocution to the
mute, and taught The tongue not made for speech to
speak thy praise. --Milton.

2. Oratorical or expressive delivery, including the graces of
intonation, gesture, etc.; style or manner of speaking or
reading in public; as, clear, impressive elocution. ``The
elocution of a reader.'' --Whately

3. Suitable and impressive writing or style; eloquent
diction. [Obs.]

To express these thoughts with elocution. --Dryden.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

elocution
n : an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and
gesture


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