Definition of speaking

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Speaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spea.

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Fetch :: Fetch (v. t.) To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go and bring; to get..
Delivery :: Delivery (n.) The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a good delivery; a clear delivery..
Amoebaeum :: Amoebaeum (n.) A poem in which persons are represented at speaking alternately; as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil.
Spokeshave :: Spoken (a.) Characterized by a certain manner or style in speaking; -- often in composition; as, a pleasant-spoken man..
Silent :: Silent (a.) Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
Dulciloquy :: Dulciloquy (n.) A soft manner of speaking.
Cadence :: Cadence (n.) A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at the end of a sentence..
Emphasis :: Emphasis (n.) A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience..
Us :: Us (pron.) The persons speaking, regarded as an object; ourselves; -- the objective case of we. See We..
Multiloquous :: Multiloquous (a.) Speaking much; very talkative; loquacious.
Wordless :: Wordless (a.) Not using words; not speaking; silent; speechless.
Veracious :: Veracious (a.) Observant of truth; habitually speaking truth; truthful; as, veracious historian..
Dictation :: Dictation (n.) The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his habit, even with friends, was that of dictation..
Canting :: Canting (a.) Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone..
Note :: Note (n.) Hence, a writing intended to be used in speaking; memoranda to assist a speaker, being either a synopsis, or the full text of what is to be said; as, to preach from notes; also, a reporter's memoranda; the original report of a speech or of proceedings..
Sign :: Sign (n.) That which, being external, stands for, or signifies, something internal or spiritual; -- a term used in the Church of England in speaking of an ordinance considered with reference to that which it represents..
Opeidoscope :: Opeidoscope (n.) An instrument, consisting of a tube having one end open and the other end covered with a thin flexible membrance to the center of which is attached a small mirror. It is used for exhibiting upon a screen, by means of rays reflected from the mirror, the vibratory motions caused by sounds produced at the open end of the tube, as by speaking or singing into it..
Speech :: Speech (n.) he act of speaking; that which is spoken; words, as expressing ideas; language; conversation..
Chant :: Chant (v. t.) Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
Gift :: Gift (v. t.) Some quality or endowment given to man by God; a preeminent and special talent or aptitude; power; faculty; as, the gift of wit; a gift for speaking..
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