Definition of speech

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Speech (n.) he act of speaking; that which is spoken; words, as expressing ideas; language; conversation..

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Enantiosis :: Enantiosis (n.) A figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively, and the contrary; affirmation by contraries..
Frame :: Frame (v. i.) To shape; to arrange, as the organs of speech..
Rapidity :: Rapidity (n.) The quality or state of being rapid; swiftness; celerity; velocity; as, the rapidity of a current; rapidity of speech; rapidity of growth or improvement..
Syncitia :: Syncrisis (n.) A figure of speech in which opposite things or persons are compared.
Deaf-mute :: Deaf-mute (n.) A person who is deaf and dumb; one who, through deprivation or defect of hearing, has either failed the acquire the power of speech, or has lost it..
Tag :: Tag (n.) The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue..
Obloquy :: Obloquy (n.) Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that casts contempt on men or their actions; blame; reprehension.
Pauciloquy :: Pauciloquy (n.) Brevity in speech.
Eloquence :: Eloquence (n.) Fluent, forcible, elegant, and persuasive speech in public; the power of expressing strong emotions in striking and appropriate language either spoken or written, thereby producing conviction or persuasion..
Hibernianism :: Hibernianism (n.) An idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish.
Amnesia :: Amnesia (n.) Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ..
Sermocination :: Sermocination (n.) The making of speeches or sermons; sermonizing.
Baryphony :: Baryphony (n.) Difficulty of speech.
Unctuous :: Unctuous (a.) Bland; suave; also, tender; fervid; as, an unctuous speech; sometimes, insincerely suave or fervid..
Telephone :: Telephone (n.) An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance..
Laconize :: Laconize (v. i.) To imitate the manner of the Laconians, especially in brief, pithy speech, or in frugality and austerity..
Proposition :: Proposition (n.) A complete sentence, or part of a sentence consisting of a subject and predicate united by a copula; a thought expressed or propounded in language; a from of speech in which a predicate is affirmed or denied of a subject; as, snow is white..
There :: There (pron.) In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place; as, he did not stop there, but continued his speech..
Pleasant-tongued :: Pleasant-tongued (a.) Of pleasing speech.
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..
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