Definition of speak

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Speak (v. i.) To discourse; to make mention; to tell.

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Pronounce :: Pronounce (v. i.) To make declaration; to utter on opinion; to speak with confidence.
Spoliated :: Spokesman (n.) One who speaks for another.
Debut :: Debut (n.) A beginning or first attempt; hence, a first appearance before the public, as of an actor or public speaker..
Gag :: Gag (v. t.) To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to..
Aporia :: Aporia (n.) A figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss what course to pursue, where to begin to end, what to say, etc..
Lisp :: Lisp (v. t.) To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially; as, to lisp treason..
Well-spoken :: Well-spoken (a.) Speaking well; speaking with fitness or grace; speaking kindly.
Multiloquous :: Multiloquous (a.) Speaking much; very talkative; loquacious.
Epanorthosis :: Epanorthosis (n.) A figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in order to substitute something else stronger or more significant; as, Most brave! Brave, did I say? most heroic act!.
Pantomime :: Pantomime (n.) One who acts his part by gesticulation or dumb show only, without speaking; a pantomimist..
Splutterer :: Splutter (n.) A confused noise, as of hasty speaking..
Charism :: Charism (n.) A miraculously given power, as of healing, speaking foreign languages without instruction, etc., attributed to some of the early Christians..
Breviloquence :: Breviloquence (n.) A brief and pertinent mode of speaking.
Here :: Here (adv.) In this place; in the place where the speaker is; -- opposed to there.
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.].
Periphrase :: Periphrase (n.) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution..
Proverbialize :: Proverbialize (v. t. & i.) To turn into a proverb; to speak in proverbs.
Bespoke :: Bespoke () imp. & p. p. of Bespeak.
Stammer :: Stammer (v. i.) To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter.
Mute :: Mute (n.) One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause..
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