Definition of peak

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Peak (v. i.) To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sicky..

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Ineffable :: Ineffable (a.) Incapable of being expresses in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven..
Egotism :: Egotism (n.) The practice of too frequently using the word I; hence, a speaking or writing overmuch of one's self; self-exaltation; self-praise; the act or practice of magnifying one's self or parading one's own doings. The word is also used in the sense of egoism..
Lump :: Lump (v. i.) To take in the gross; to speak of collectively.
Alloquy :: Alloquy (n.) A speaking to another; an address.
Speech :: Speech (n.) The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.
Inexpressibly :: Inexpressibly (adv.) In an inexpressible manner or degree; unspeakably; unutterably.
Statement :: Statement (n.) The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case..
Harlequin :: Harlequin (n.) A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of Italian comedy..
Treat :: Treat (v. i.) To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to make discussion; -- usually with of; as, Cicero treats of old age and of duties..
Prosing :: Prosing (n.) Writing prose; speaking or writing in a tedious or prosy manner.
Copatain :: Copatain (a.) Having a high crown, or a point or peak at top..
Polyglot :: Polyglot (n.) One who speaks several languages.
Mussitation :: Mussitation (n.) A speaking in a low tone; mumbling.
Aphemia :: Aphemia (n.) Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; -- a disorder of cerebral origin..
Anacoenosis :: Anacoenosis (n.) A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate.
Gag :: Gag (v. t.) To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to..
Ventriloquize :: Ventriloquize (v. i.) To practice ventriloquism; to speak like a ventriloquist.
Concise :: Concise (a.) Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking.
Quote :: Quote (v. t.) To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer..
Boasting :: Boasting (n.) The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking; ostentatious display.
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