Definition of speak

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Speak (v. i.) To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a public assembly formally..

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Enunciation :: Enunciation (n.) Mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially as regards fullness and distinctness or articulation; as, to speak with a clear or impressive enunciation..
Apophasis :: Apophasis (n.) A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. Shak., Julius Caesar, iii. 2.].
Nefandous :: Nefandous (a.) Unfit to speak of; unmentionable; impious; execrable.
Digress :: Digress (v. i.) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking..
Hum :: Hum (interj.) An inarticulate nasal sound or murmur, like h'm, uttered by a speaker in pause from embarrassment, affectation, etc..
Breviloquence :: Breviloquence (n.) A brief and pertinent mode of speaking.
Muffle :: Muffle (v. i.) To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation..
Sir :: Sir (n.) A respectful title, used in addressing a man, without being prefixed to his name; -- used especially in speaking to elders or superiors; sometimes, also, used in the way of emphatic formality..
Orator :: Orator (n.) A public speaker; one who delivers an oration; especially, one distinguished for his skill and power as a public speaker; one who is eloquent..
Mute :: Mute (a.) Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent.
Bespeak :: Bespeak (v. t.) To show beforehand; to foretell; to indicate.
Ventriloquism :: Ventriloquism (n.) The act, art, or practice of speaking in such a manner that the voice appears to come, not from the person speaking, but from some other source, as from the opposite side of the room, from the cellar, etc..
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..
Tongue-tied :: Tongue-tied (a.) Unable to speak freely, from whatever cause..
Lump :: Lump (v. i.) To take in the gross; to speak of collectively.
Grammar :: Grammar (n.) A treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the principles and rules for correctness in speaking or writing.
Discourser :: Discourser (n.) One who discourse; a narrator; a speaker; an haranguer.
Gibber :: Gibber (v. i.) To speak rapidly and inarticulately.
Mute :: Mute (n.) A person whose part in a play does not require him to speak.
Answer :: Answer (n.) To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation..
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