Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Elocution

Elocution , noun

[Latin elocutio, from eloqui, elocutus, to speak out: compare French élocution. See Eloquent.]

1.
Utterance by speech. [Rare]
[Fruit] whose taste... Gave elocution to the mute, and taught The tongue not made for speech to speak thy praise. — Milton
2.
Oratorical or expressive delivery, including the graces of intonation, gesture, etc.; style or manner of speaking or reading in public; as, clear, impressive elocution.
The elocution of a reader. — Whately
3.
Suitable and impressive writing or style; eloquent diction. [Obsolete]
To express these thoughts with elocution. — Dryden