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harangues

harangues

See also: harangués

English

Noun

harangues

  1. plural of harangue
    1875, W. E. (William Ewart) Gladstone, Speeches of Pope Pius IX. page 4 - It can hardly be policy, it must be a necessity of his nature, which prompts his incessant harangues.
    1997, Kevin Starr, Endangered Dreams: The Great Depression in California page 11 - Or perhaps Hull merely rewrote Kearney's incoherent harangues, polishing their language, heightening their ferocity, after they were delivered?

Verb

harangues

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of harangue

Usage notes

Note that the object of the plural is the speeches being made, not the number of recipients of the speech.


French

Noun

harangues ?

  1. plural of harangue

Verb

harangues

  1. second-person singular present indicative of haranguer
  2. second-person singular present subjunctive of haranguer