Speak in a rhetorical fashion (7)

I believe the answer is:

declaim

(Other definitions for declaim that I've seen before include "Deliver (words) impressively" , "Rail against" , "Make a rhetorical speech" , "Speak imposingly" , "Make a set speech" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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