Definition of speak

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Speak (v. i.) To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak of self-will..

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Polyglot :: Polyglot (a.) Versed in, or speaking, many languages..
Gibber :: Gibber (v. i.) To speak rapidly and inarticulately.
Whisper :: Whisper (v. i.) To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound. See Whisper, n..
Pronounce :: Pronounce (v. i.) To make declaration; to utter on opinion; to speak with confidence.
Deliverance :: Deliverance (n.) Act of speaking; utterance.
Communicable :: Communicable (a.) Communicative; free-speaking.
Speak :: 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..
Chappion :: Chappion (n.) One who engages in any contest; esp. one who in ancient times contended in single combat in behalf of another's honor or rights; or one who acts or speaks in behalf of a person or a cause; a defender; an advocate; a hero.
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.].
Opeidoscope :: Opeidoscope (n.) An instrument, consisting of a tube having one end open and the other end covered with a thin flexible membrance to the center of which is attached a small mirror. It is used for exhibiting upon a screen, by means of rays reflected from the mirror, the vibratory motions caused by sounds produced at the open end of the tube, as by speaking or singing into it..
Unutterable :: Unutterable (a.) Not utterable; incapable of being spoken or voiced; inexpressible; ineffable; unspeakable; as, unutterable anguish..
Grammar :: Grammar (n.) The science which treats of the principles of language; the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one another; the art concerned with the right use aud application of the rules of a language, in speaking or writing..
Speech :: Speech (n.) he act of speaking; that which is spoken; words, as expressing ideas; language; conversation..
Cacology :: Cacology (n.) Bad speaking; bad choice or use of words.
Free-spoken :: Free-spoken (a.) Accustomed to speak without reserve.
Loquacious :: Loquacious (a.) Speaking; expressive.
Statement :: Statement (n.) The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case..
Trade :: Trade (v.) The business which a person has learned, and which he engages in, for procuring subsistence, or for profit; occupation; especially, mechanical employment as distinguished from the liberal arts, the learned professions, and agriculture; as, we speak of the trade of a smith, of a carpenter, or mason, but not now of the trade of a farmer, or a lawyer, or a physician..
Fetch :: Fetch (v. t.) To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go and bring; to get..
Sneer :: Sneer (v. i.) To inssinuate contempt by a covert expression; to speak derisively.
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