HARANGUED
Verb
harangued
simple past tense and past participle of harangue
Source: Wiktionary
HARANGUE
Ha*rangue", n. Etym: [F. harangue: cf. Sp. arenda, It. aringa; lit.,
a speech before a multitude or on the hustings, It. aringo arena,
hustings, pulpit; all fr. OHG. hring ring, anything round, ring of
people, G. ring. See Ring.]
Definition: A speech addressed to a large public assembly; a popular
oration; a loud address a multitude; in a bad sense, a noisy or
pompous speech; declamation; ranting.
Gray-headed men and grave, with warriors mixed, Assemble, and
harangues are heard. Milton.
Syn.
– Harangue, Speech, Oration. Speech is generic; an oration is an
elaborate and rhetorical speech; an harangue is a vehement appeal to
the passions, or a noisy, disputatious address. A general makes an
harangue to his troops on the eve of a battle; a demagogue harangues
the populace on the subject of their wrongs.
Ha*rangue", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Harangued; p. pr. & vb. n.
Haranguing.] Etym: [Cf. F. haranguer, It. aringare.]
Definition: To make an harangue; to declaim.
Ha*rangue", v. t.
Definition: To address by an harangue.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition