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al·lo·cu·tion  audio  (l-kyshn) KEY 

NOUN:
A formal and authoritative speech; an address.

ETYMOLOGY:
Latin allocti, alloctin-, from alloctus, past participle of alloqu, to speak to : ad-, ad- + loqu, to speak; see tolkw- in Indo-European roots


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