Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to speechify
Participle: speechified
Gerund: speechifying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | speechify |
| you | speechify |
| he;she;it | speechifies |
| we | speechify |
| you | speechify |
| they | speechify |
Perfect
| I | have speechified |
| you | have speechified |
| he;she;it | has speechified |
| we | have speechified |
| you | have speechified |
| they | have speechified |
Past
| I | speechified |
| you | speechified |
| he;she;it | speechified |
| we | speechified |
| you | speechified |
| they | speechified |
Pluperfect
| I | had speechified |
| you | had speechified |
| he;she;it | had speechified |
| we | had speechified |
| you | had speechified |
| they | had speechified |
Future
| I | will speechify |
| you | will speechify |
| he;she;it | will speechify |
| we | will speechify |
| you | will speechify |
| they | will speechify |
Future Perfect
| I | will have speechified |
| you | will have speechified |
| he;she;it | will have speechified |
| we | will have speechified |
| you | will have speechified |
| they | will have speechified |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | speechify |
| you | speechify |
| he;she;it | speechify |
| we | speechify |
| you | speechify |
| they | speechify |
Perfect
| I | have speechified |
| you | have speechified |
| he;she;it | have speechified |
| we | have speechified |
| you | have speechified |
| they | have speechified |
Imperfect
| I | speechified |
| you | speechified |
| he;she;it | speechified |
| we | speechified |
| you | speechified |
| they | speechified |
Pluperfect
| I | had speechified |
| you | had speechified |
| he;she;it | had speechified |
| we | had speechified |
| you | had speechified |
| they | had speechified |
Conditional
Present
| I | would speechify |
| you | would speechify |
| he;she;it | would speechify |
| we | would speechify |
| you | would speechify |
| they | would speechify |
Perfect
| I | would have speechified |
| you | would have speechified |
| he;she;it | would have speechified |
| we | would have speechified |
| you | would have speechified |
| they | would have speechified |
Imperative
| you | speechify |
| we | Let's speechify |
| you | speechify |
Verbs conjugated like 'speechify'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'speechify'
specify,
frenchify,
Frenchify,
peacify,
preachify,
speech,
sprucify,
churchify,
creepify,
Dutchify,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-West Germanic *sprākī
3. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
4. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
5. Proto-Germanic *-ō
6. Proto-West Germanic *-u
7. Proto-West Germanic *sprāku
8. Old English sprǣċ
9. Old English spǣċ
10. Middle English speche
11. English speech
12. Latin -i-
13. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
14. Proto-Italic *θakos
15. Proto-Italic *-fakos
16. Latin -ficus
17. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
18. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
19. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
20. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
21. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
22. Proto-Italic *-ājō
23. Proto-Italic *-āō
24. Latin -ō
25. Latin -ficō
26. Latin -ificāreder.
27. Old French -ifierbor.
28. Middle English -ifien
29. English -ify
30. English speechify
31. From speech + -ify.
Sample Sentences
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Caleb was a powerful man and knew little of any fear except the fear of hurting others and the fear of having to speechify. [1871–1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter LVI, in Middlemarch […], volume III, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book VI, page 238:]
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He never missed a chance of speechifying in public. [1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1351:]
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The home minister, Admiral Suetsugu, speechified grandly of a Japanese eminent domain beyond the seas, of a “moral purification drive” in the home islands. [2007, James Brady, Warning of War: A Novel of the North China Marines, Macmillan, →ISBN:]
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Rodey McQueen speechified elegantly about the necessity for harmony. [2013, John Nichols, The Magic Journey: A Novel, Holt Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 20:]
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They take their little enjoyments on little means and with little things and don't let solemn big-wigs stare them out of countenance or speechify them dull. [1864, Charles Dickens, chapter 2, in Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy:]