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Speak

verb

(past spoke, archaic spake; past part. spoken, obs. or colloq. spoke; pres. part. speaking)

Express in speech. Synonyms: mouth, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize. "This depressed patient does not verbalize"

Exchange thoughts; talk with. Synonym: talk. "Actions talk louder than words"

Use language. Synonym: talk. "The prisoner won't speak" , "They speak a strange dialect"

Give a speech to. Synonym: address.

Make a characteristic or natural sound.

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... The respect and credit they live in. A Chingulay punished for beating an English man. An English man preferred at Court. Some English serve the King in his Wars. Who now live miserably. He returns to speak of himself. Plots and consults about an Escape. A description of his House. He takes up a new Trade and thrives on it. His Allowance paid him out of the ...

— An Historical Relation Of The Island Ceylon In The East Indies • Robert Knox

... come from their different rooms and gather in the hall below. From a passage behind her, a girl, butterfly-bright, flashed out and danced joyously down the stairs. A new-comer, thought Jenny, with a pang of alarm for her mistress! But she heard the new-comer speak, and heard her spoken to. It was ...

— The Summons • A.E.W. Mason

... to thank the King for his concessions. Shortly after noon, on March 18, the processions converged upon the palace. Immense crowds filled the streets. The appearance of the King upon the balcony was greeted with cheers. King Frederick William tried to speak but could not make himself heard. The troops set out to clear the palace grounds. Angry shouts arose for the withdrawal of the soldiery. In the confusion two shots were fired. A panic ensued: "We are betrayed," cried ...

— A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year - Volume Two (of Three) • Edwin Emerson

... own contradictions. Why should she feel it bitter to her that Grandcourt showed concern for the beings on whose account she herself was undergoing remorse? Had she not before her marriage inwardly determined to speak and act on their behalf?—and since he had lately implied that he wanted to be in town because he was making arrangements about his will, she ought to have been glad of any sign that he kept a conscience awake toward those at Gadsmere; ...

— Daniel Deronda • George Eliot

... 'No; your partner, him priest, Pastilik, long time ago. Him ask me if I see you, Malemute Kid. Him give me grub. I no stop long. You hear him speak 'bout me?' 'Oh! you're the fellow that traded the otter skins for the dogs?' The man nodded, knocked out his pipe, and signified his disinclination for conversation by rolling up in his furs. Malemute ...

— The Son of the Wolf • Jack London

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