Definition of speak

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Speak (v. t.) To talk or converse in; to utter or pronounce, as in conversation; as, to speak Latin..

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Fix :: Fix (v. t.) To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker..
Speak :: Speak (v. i.) To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak of self-will..
Triverbial :: Triverbial (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, certain days allowed to the pretor for hearing causes, when be might speak the three characteristic words of his office, do, dico, addico. They were called dies fasti..
Be- :: Be- () To render an intransitive verb transitive; as, befall (to fall upon); bespeak (to speak for)..
Flippant :: Flippant (a.) Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative..
Dulciloquy :: Dulciloquy (n.) A soft manner of speaking.
Cue :: Cue (n.) The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next succeeding player to speak; any word or words which serve to remind a player to speak or to do something; a catchword..
Sputter :: Sputter (v. i.) To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking..
Report :: Report (v. t.) To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public body; to write down from the lips of a speaker..
Fable :: Fable (v. t.) To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely..
Magniloquent :: Magniloquent (a.) Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.
Mute :: Mute (n.) One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause..
Veriloquent :: Veriloquent (a.) Speaking truth; truthful.
Amoebaeum :: Amoebaeum (n.) A poem in which persons are represented at speaking alternately; as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil.
Verbose :: Verbose (a.) Abounding in words; using or containing more words than are necessary; tedious by a multiplicity of words; prolix; wordy; as, a verbose speaker; a verbose argument..
Voice :: Voice (n.) One who speaks; a speaker.
Cant :: Cant (v. i.) To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong tone..
Canting :: Canting (a.) Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone..
Forspeak :: Forspeak (v. t.) To forbid; to prohibit.
Speak :: Speak (v. i.) To give sound; to sound.
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