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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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.].
Deliverance :: Deliverance (n.) Act of speaking; utterance.
Bema :: Bema (n.) A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.
Soft-spoken :: Soft-spoken (a.) Speaking softly; having a mild or gentle voice; hence, mild; affable..
Chant :: Chant (v. t.) Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
Melliloquent :: Melliloquent (a.) Speaking sweetly or harmoniously.
Fill :: Fill (a.) To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a throne; the president fills the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair..
Speakership :: Speakership (n.) The office of speaker; as, the speakership of the House of Representatives..
Worder :: Worder (n.) A speaker.
Ineffable :: Ineffable (a.) Incapable of being expresses in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven..
Talk :: Talk (v. t.) To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk politics..
Forspeak :: Forspeak (v. t.) To forbid; to prohibit.
Forespeaking :: Forespeaking (n.) A prediction; also, a preface..
Abscission :: Abscission (n.) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more..
Suaviloquy :: Suaviloquent (a.) Sweetly speaking; using agreeable speech.
Say :: Say (v. t.) To utter or express in words; to tell; to speak; to declare; as, he said many wise things..
Mouth :: Mouth (v. t.) To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner.
Call :: Call (v. t.) To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a specifed name..
Allocution :: Allocution (n.) The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words..
Pretty-spoken :: Pretty-spoken (a.) Spoken or speaking prettily.
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