Definition of Peroretion

Definition of Peroretion

Per`o*ra"tion (?), n. [L. peroratio, fr. perorate, peroratum, to speak from beginning to end; per + orate to speak. See Per-, and Oration.] (Rhet.) The concluding part of an oration; especially, a final summing up and enforcement of an argument. Burke.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

PERORATION, n. The explosion of an oratorical rocket. It dazzles,
but to an observer having the wrong kind of nose its most conspicuous
peculiarity is the smell of the several kinds of powder used in
preparing it.

- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

The concluding section of a discourse, either written or verbal, in which the orator or writer sums up and commends his topic to his audience.
A discourse or rhetorical argument in general.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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