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talk v. i. (past & past part. talked; pres. part. talking)

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts. "I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following, but I will not eat with you."

To confer; to reason; to consult. "Let me talk with thee of thy judgments."

To prate; to speak impertinently. (Colloq.)

To talk of, to relate; to tell; to give an account of; as, authors talk of the wonderful remains of Palmyra. "The natural histories of Switzerland talk much of the fall of these rocks, and the great damage done."

To talk to, to advise or exhort, or to reprove gently; as, I will talk to my son respecting his conduct. (Colloq.)

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"Talk of" Quotes from Famous Books

... wild cats." He adds, as a further recommendation, that by way of domestic chaplain he has at present but "one little cub of an English priest." Lord Essex in still plainer terms told Tyrone himself when he was posing as the champion of Catholicism: "Dost thou talk of a free exercise of religion! Why thou carest as little ...

— The Story Of Ireland • Emily Lawless

... needless to say that Archibald was immensely proud of the compliment (as he considered it), and took care to celebrate his distinction at all times and places, opportune or otherwise—seeming, indeed, to think and talk of little else. It is not probable that he fully comprehended the significance of the matter, as he was certainly far from perceiving its ironic aspect; nevertheless, his dull brain received more stimulus from the prospect than from any other thing that had befallen him, ...

— Archibald Malmaison • Julian Hawthorne

... take care not to make Olaf too powerful,—"for such a man may be dangerous to you, if he were to allow himself to be used for the purpose of doing you or your kingdom harm; for he is extremely expert in all exercises and feats, and very popular. We do not, indeed, know what it is he can have to talk of so often with the queen." It was then the custom among great monarchs that the queen should have half of the court attendants, and she supported them at her own expense out of the scat and revenue provided for her for that purpose. It was so also at the court of King Valdemar that the ...

— Heimskringla - The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway • Snorri Sturluson

... The Princess was of a stormy, ill-regulated nature; almost a lunatic from the beginning. The dislike which succeeded to her fantastic fondness for the Prince, as well as her general eccentricity, had soon become the talk of all the court at Brussels. She would pass week after week without emerging from her chamber, keeping the shutters closed and candles burning, day and night. She quarrelled violently, with Countess Egmont for precedence, ...

— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley

... after a short pause, said, "I have heard of a young man who has been staying at Mr. Saunderson's, and is indeed at this moment the talk of the village. You are—" ...

— Kenelm Chillingly, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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