Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
make speeches;
hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality;
- Example: "These ministers speechify on every occasion"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Speechify \Speech"i*fy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Speechified; p.
pr. & vb. n. Speechifying.] [Speech + -fy.]
To make a speech; to harangue. [Used derisively or
humorously.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
speechify
v 1: make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain
degree of formality; "These ministers speechify on every
occasion"