Definition of speech

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Speech (n.) formal discourse in public; oration; harangue.

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Speech :: Speech (n.) The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions.
Obsecration :: Obsecration (n.) A figure of speech in which the orator implores the assistance of God or man.
Patois :: Patois (n.) A dialect peculiar to the illiterate classes; a provincial form of speech.
Ain't :: Ain't () A contraction for are not and am not; also used for is not. [Colloq. or illiterate speech]. See An't.
Hereinafter :: Hereinafter (adv.) In the following part of this (writing, document, speech, and the like)..
Phrase :: Phrase (n.) A short, pithy expression; especially, one which is often employed; a peculiar or idiomatic turn of speech; as, to err is human..
Enantiosis :: Enantiosis (n.) A figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively, and the contrary; affirmation by contraries..
Clever :: Clever (a.) Showing skill or adroitness in the doer or former; as, a clever speech; a clever trick..
Dotery :: Dotery (n.) The acts or speech of a dotard; drivel.
Prude :: Prude (a.) A woman of affected modesty, reserve, or coyness; one who is overscrupulous or sensitive; one who affects extraordinary prudence in conduct and speech..
Interspeech :: Interspeech (n.) A speech interposed between others.
Tropology :: Tropology (n.) A rhetorical mode of speech, including tropes, or changes from the original import of the word..
Speaking :: Speaking (a.) Seeming to be capable of speech; hence, lifelike; as, a speaking likeness..
Graceful :: Graceful (a.) Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech..
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
Enlargement :: Enlargement (n.) Diffusiveness of speech or writing; expatiation; a wide range of discourse or argument.
Villainy :: Villainy (n.) Abusive, reproachful language; discourteous speech; foul talk..
Grecianize :: Grecianize (v. i.) To conform to the Greek custom, especially in speech..
Steven :: Steven (n.) Voice; speech; language.
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