Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Speechify \Speech"i*fy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Speechified}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Speechifying}.] [Speech + -fy.]
   To make a speech; to harangue. [Used derisively or
   humorously.]

Speechifying \Speech"i*fy`ing\, n.
   The act of making a speech or speeches. [Used derisively or
   humorously.]

         The dinner and speechifying . . . at the opening of the
         annual season for the buckhounds.        --M. Arnold.