I.to speak from beginning to end, to plead or argue throughout, to harangue at length (class.).
I. Prop.: QVOM PERORANT AMBO PRAESENTES, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 10: “contra tales oratores tantam causam perorare,” Cic. Quint. 24, 77: “a Quinto Hortensio causa est P. Sestii perorata,” id. Sest. 2, 3: “et breviter peroratum esse potuit, nihil me commisisse,” Liv. 34, 31: “jus perorandi,” Tac. A. 2, 30; 3, 17: “tribus horis,” Cic. Fin. 4, 1, 1; id. Clu. 51, 145: “in Proculas,” Juv. 2, 67.—
II. In partic., to bring a speech to a close, to wind up, conclude, finish: “strepitu senatūs coactus est, aliquando perorare,” Cic. Att. 4, 2, 4: “alii jubent antequam peroretur digredi,” id. de Or. 2, 19, 80: “dicta est a me causa et perorata,” id. Cael. 29, 70; id. Inv. 2, 15, 48; id. Leg. 2, 27, 69: “brevi,” id. Inv. 1, 48, 90: “peroratā narratione,” Auct. Her. 1, 10, 17: “quoniam satis multa dixi, est mihi perorandum,” id. Ac. 2, 48, 147: “de ceteris perorare,” Nep. Epam. 6, 3.—