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Eloquence \El"o*quence\, n. [F. ['e]loquence, L. eloquentia, fr.
eloquens. See {Eloquent}.]
1. Fluent, forcible, elegant, and persuasive speech in
public; the power of expressing strong emotions in
striking and appropriate language either spoken or
written, thereby producing conviction or persuasion.
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Eloquence is speaking out . . . out of the abundance
of the heart. --Hare.
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2. Fig.: Whatever produces the effect of moving and
persuasive speech.
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Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes. --Pope.
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The hearts of men are their books; events are their
tutors; great actions are their eloquence.
--Macaulay.
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3. That which is eloquently uttered or written.
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O, let my books be then the eloquence
And dumb presagers of my speaking breast. --Shak.

Syn: Oratory; rhetoric.
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