Definition of speak

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Speak (v. i.) To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak..

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Gesticulate :: Gesticulate (v. i.) To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures..
Provincialism :: Provincialism (n.) A word, or a manner of speaking, peculiar to a province or a district remote from the mother country or from the metropolis; a provincial characteristic; hence, narrowness; illiberality..
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..
Eulogize :: Eulogize (v. t.) To speak or write in commendation of (another); to extol in speech or writing; to praise.
Come :: Come (n.) To move hitherward; to draw near; to approach the speaker, or some place or person indicated; -- opposed to go..
Forespeaking :: Forespeaking (n.) A prediction; also, a preface..
Sough :: Sough (v. i.) A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or praying..
Caress :: Caress (n.) To treat with tokens of fondness, affection, or kindness; to touch or speak to in a loving or endearing manner; to fondle..
Declamation :: Declamation (n.) The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students..
Indicible :: Indicible (a.) Unspeakable.
Propose :: Propose (v. i.) To speak; to converse.
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..
Look :: Look (v. i.) To show one's self in looking, as by leaning out of a window; as, look out of the window while I speak to you. Sometimes used figuratively..
Speak :: Speak (v. i.) To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak of self-will..
Hither :: Hither (a.) Being on the side next or toward the person speaking; nearer; -- correlate of thither and farther; as, on the hither side of a hill..
Clamorous :: Clamorous (a.) Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud; turbulent.
Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; -- usually with down..
Knack :: Knack (v. i.) To speak affectedly.
Blasphemy :: Blasphemy (n.) An indignity offered to God in words, writing, or signs; impiously irreverent words or signs addressed to, or used in reference to, God; speaking evil of God; also, the act of claiming the attributes or prerogatives of deity..
Lip :: Lip (v. t.) To utter; to speak.
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