Definition of speak

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Speak (v. t.) To address; to accost; to speak to.

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Imagery :: Imagery (n.) Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.
Aphemia :: Aphemia (n.) Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; -- a disorder of cerebral origin..
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..
Hack :: Hack (v. t.) Fig.: To mangle in speaking.
Stutter :: Stutter (v. t. & i.) To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.
Closemouthed :: Closemouthed (a.) Cautious in speaking; secret; wary; uncommunicative.
Splutter :: Splutter (v. i.) To speak hastily and confusedly; to sputter.
Declaim :: Declaim (v. i.) To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking; as, the students declaim twice a week..
Gutturalize :: Gutturalize (v. t.) To speak gutturally; to give a guttural sound to.
Prosing :: Prosing (n.) Writing prose; speaking or writing in a tedious or prosy manner.
Humorist :: Humorist (n.) One who displays humor in speaking or writing; one who has a facetious fancy or genius; a wag; a droll.
Lambdacism :: Lambdacism (n.) A fault in speaking or in composition, which consists in too frequent use of the letter l, or in doubling it erroneously..
Overspeak :: Overspeak (v. t. & i.) To exceed in speaking; to speak too much; to use too many words.
Discourse :: Discourse (n.) The art and manner of speaking and conversing.
Teutonic :: Teutonic (a.) Of or pertaining to any of the Teutonic languages, or the peoples who speak these languages..
Plausible :: Plausible (a.) Using specious arguments or discourse; as, a plausible speaker..
Action :: Action (n.) Gesticulation; the external deportment of the speaker, or the suiting of his attitude, voice, gestures, and countenance, to the subject, or to the feelings..
Long-winded :: Long-winded (a.) Long-breathed; hence, tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; as, a long-winded talker..
Salutatory :: Salutatory (a.) Containing or expressing salutations; speaking a welcome; greeting; -- applied especially to the oration which introduces the exercises of the Commencements, or similar public exhibitions, in American colleges..
Elocution :: Elocution (n.) Oratorical or expressive delivery, including the graces of intonation, gesture, etc.; style or manner of speaking or reading in public; as, clear, impressive elocution..
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