PERORA'TION, noun [Latin peroratio, from peroro; per and oro, to pray.] The concluding part of an oration, in which the speaker recapitulates the principal points of his discourse or argument, and urges them with greater earnestness and force, with a view to make a deep impression on his hearers.
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