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locute

verb

Etymology

Back-formation from locution. The first sense could also be directly derived from Latin locut-, perfect active participial stem of loquor (“talk, speak”).

  1. derived from locut-

Definitions

  1. To speak

    To speak; to say; to utter.

    • And 'tis strange that Reverend Body shou'd not find out in several Years, that he who cannot Locute will never Prolocute well.
    • "God's a pervert[…]" He locutes with double rows of gold teeth, in the bland guise of an argument.

  2. To utter a meaningful sentence

    To utter a meaningful sentence; to perform a locutionary act.

    • The translator locutes propositions, but illocutes nothing at all.
    • By contrast, for Grice, one who for instance speaks ironically makes as if to illocute, rather than making as if to locute.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA