Hypertext Webster Gateway: "harangue"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Harangue \Ha*rangue"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Harangued}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Haranguing}.] [Cf. F. haranguer, It. aringare.]
To make an harangue; to declaim.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Harangue \Ha*rangue"\, v. t.
To address by an harangue.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Harangue \Ha*rangue"\, n. [F. harangue: cf. Sp. arenda, 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 a multitude; in a bad sense, a noisy
or pompous speech; declamation; ranting.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
harangue
n : a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
[syn: {rant}, {ranting}]
v : deliver a harangue to; address forcefully
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