Definition of speak

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Speak (v. t.) To utter with the mouth; to pronounce; to utter articulately, as human beings..

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Short-spoken :: Short-spoken (a.) Speaking in a quick or short manner; hence, gruff; curt..
Pronounce :: Pronounce (v. i.) To make declaration; to utter on opinion; to speak with confidence.
Outspoken :: Outspoken (a.) Speaking, or spoken, freely, openly, or boldly; as, an outspoken man; an outspoken rebuke..
Salutatory :: Salutatory (a.) Containing or expressing salutations; speaking a welcome; greeting; -- applied especially to the oration which introduces the exercises of the Commencements, or similar public exhibitions, in American colleges..
Triverbial :: Triverbial (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, certain days allowed to the pretor for hearing causes, when be might speak the three characteristic words of his office, do, dico, addico. They were called dies fasti..
Latin :: Latin (v. t.) To write or speak in Latin; to turn or render into Latin.
Drawling :: Drawling (n.) The act of speaking with a drawl; a drawl.
Ineffably :: Ineffably (adv.) In a manner not to be expressed in words; unspeakably.
Jeer :: "Jeer (v.) To utter sarcastic or scoffing reflections; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language; to scoff; as, to jeer at a speaker..
Pronounce :: Pronounce (v. t.) To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a foreign language correctly..
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..
Debut :: Debut (n.) A beginning or first attempt; hence, a first appearance before the public, as of an actor or public speaker..
Deprave :: Deprave (n. t.) To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile.
Allegory :: Allegory (n.) A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and circumstances. The real subject is thus kept out of view, and we are left to collect the intentions of the writer or speaker by the resemblance of the secondary to the primary subject..
Deliverance :: Deliverance (n.) Act of speaking; utterance.
Indo-european :: Indo-European (a.) Aryan; -- applied to the languages of India and Europe which are derived from the prehistoric Aryan language; also, pertaining to the people or nations who speak these languages; as, the Indo-European or Aryan family..
Tush :: Tush (interj.) An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it..
Hack :: Hack (v. t.) Fig.: To mangle in speaking.
Speak :: Speak (v. i.) To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse.
Skip :: Skip (v. i.) Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; -- often followed by over..
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