different between orate vs orison

English

Etymology

Back formation from oration, from Latin ?r?ti? (“speech, discourse, oration”), from ?r?tus (“spoken, orated”), from ?r? (“speak, pray”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????e?t/, /???e?t/, /???e?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???.e?t/, /???e?t/
• ,
• Rhymes: -e?t

Verb

orate (third-person singular simple present orates, present participle orating, simple past and past participle orated)

1. To speak formally; to give a speech.
2. To speak passionately; to preach for or against something.

Synonyms

• (to speak formally): speak
• (to speak passionately): harangue, preach

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

orate (comparative more orate, superlative most orate)

1. Competent in oracy; having good speaking skills.

Anagrams

• Erato, oater

Italian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

orate f pl

1. plural of orata

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

orate

1. feminine plural of orato

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Participle

orate

1. feminine plural of orato

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

orate

1. inflection of orare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Anagrams

• aorte, rateo, rateò, reato, rotea, torea

Latin

Participle

?r?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ?r?tus

Verb

?r?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ?r?

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan orat, from a derivative of Latin aura, in the sense of an ill or unhealthy air or aura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o??ate/, [o??a.t?e]

Noun

orate m or f (plural orates)

1. (derogatory) a crazy person

English

Etymology

From Middle English orisoun, from Anglo-Norman oreison, oresoun etc. and Old French oraisun etc., from Latin ?r?ti?, ?r?ti?nem (“discourse, prayer”) (whence also English oration).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????s?n/, /????z?n/

Noun

orison (plural orisons)

1. A prayer.
   • 1917, Wilfred Owen, Anthem for Doomed Youth

       Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle

     Can patter out their hasty orisons.

2. Mystical contemplation or communion.
   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Lecture 3:

     We shall see later that the absence of definite sensible images is positively insisted on by the mystical authorities in all religions as the sine qua non of a successful orison, or contemplation of the higher divine truths.

   • 1911, Evelyn Underhill, Mysticism: A Study of the Nature and Development of Man's Spiritual Consciousness, Part I, Chapter 3

     Only in certain occult and mystics states: in orison, contemplation, ecstasy and their allied conditions, does the self contrive to turn out the usual tenants, shut the "gateways of the flash," and let those submerged powers which are capable of picking up messages from another plane of being have their turn.

Related terms

• orate
• oration

Translations

Anagrams

• Nooris