Antonyms for hold forth

Grammar : Verb

Spell : hohld

Phonetic Transcription : hoʊld

Definition of hold forth

Origin : Old English haldan (Anglian), healdan (West Saxon), "to contain, grasp; retain; foster, cherish," class VII strong verb (past tense heold, past participle healden), from Proto-Germanic *haldanan (cf. Old Saxon haldan, Old Frisian halda, Old Norse halda, Dutch houden, German halten "to hold," Gothic haldan "to tend"), originally "to keep, tend, watch over" (as cattle), later "to have." Ancestral sense is preserved in behold. The original past participle holden was replaced by held beginning 16c., but survives in some legal jargon and in beholden.
Hold back is 1530s, transitive; 1570s, intransitive; hold off is early 15c., transitive; c.1600, intransitive; hold out is 1520s as "to stretch forth," 1580s as "to resist pressure." Hold on is early 13c. as "to maintain one’s course," 1830 as "to keep one’s grip on something," 1846 as an order to wait or stop. To hold (one's) tongue "be silent" is from c.1300. To hold (one's) own is from early 14c. To hold (someone's) hand "give moral support" is from 1935. Phrase hold your horses "be patient" is from 1844. To have and to hold have been paired alliteratively since at least c.1200, originally of marriage but also of real estate.

As in lecture : verb give a lesson, speech
As in narrate : verb describe, detail
As in patter : verb gab, chatter
As in recite : verb read out loud; narrate
As in speak : verb address; give a lecture
As in spout : verb talk forcefully
As in talk : verb address group
As in declaim : verb proclaim; get on a soapbox
As in discourse : verb discuss, speak about
As in discuss : verb talk over with another
As in harangue : verb give a long lecture

Example sentences :

We do not mean however to hold forth this circumstance as decisive in its condemnation.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

He at last began to hold forth against working at the Louvre.
Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola

These are the places where the champions most do congregate and hold forth.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 30, 1914 » by Various

Tonight, at the celebration, I'll hold forth on the subject.
Extract from : « Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore » by Pauline Lester

She can hold forth to the others to-day if she wants to talk after school.
Extract from : « The Jolliest School of All » by Angela Brazil

I heard your star speaker, Mr. Ryan, hold forth last evening.
Extract from : « Three People » by Pansy

What your newspaper may hold forth I will not pretend to enter into.
Extract from : « Bibliomania; or Book-Madness » by Thomas Frognall Dibdin

English girls will hold forth to you on the subject of grace and free will.
Extract from : « Old and New Paris, v. 2 » by Henry Sutherland Edwards

Then after that, you hold forth to us the beautiful general processions.
Extract from : « Letters of John Calvin, Volume I (of 4) » by Jules Bonnet

Because it does, my boy; and so do you, when you hold forth about it.
Extract from : « The Marne » by Edith Wharton

Synonyms for hold forth

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