Definition of speech

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Speech (n.) A particular language, as distinct from others; a tongue; a dialect..

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Banquet :: Banquet (n.) A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking; often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches..
Eulogy :: Eulogy (n.) A speech or writing in commendation of the character or services of a person; as, a fitting eulogy to worth..
Attack :: Attack (v. t.) To assail with unfriendly speech or writing; to begin a controversy with; to attempt to overthrow or bring into disrepute, by criticism or satire; to censure; as, to attack a man, or his opinions, in a pamphlet..
Honey-mouthed :: Honey-mouthed (a.) Soft to sweet in speech; persuasive.
Address :: Address (v.) To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to; to accost..
Phrase :: Phrase (n.) A short, pithy expression; especially, one which is often employed; a peculiar or idiomatic turn of speech; as, to err is human..
Heterosis :: Heterosis (n.) A figure of speech by which one form of a noun, verb, or pronoun, and the like, is used for another, as in the sentence: What is life to such as me?.
Declinable :: Declinable (a.) Capable of being declined; admitting of declension or inflection; as, declinable parts of speech..
Speech :: Speech (n.) he act of speaking; that which is spoken; words, as expressing ideas; language; conversation..
Language :: Language (n.) A race, as distinguished by its speech..
Tag :: Tag (n.) The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue..
Minify :: Minify (v. t.) To degrade by speech or action.
Disjoint :: Disjoint (v. t.) To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent; as, a disjointed speech..
Gallicism :: Gallicism (n.) A mode of speech peculiar to the French; a French idiom; also, in general, a French mode or custom..
Duplicity :: Duplicity (n.) Doubleness of heart or speech; insincerity; a sustained form of deception which consists in entertaining or pretending to entertain one of feelings, and acting as if influenced by another; bad faith..
Patter :: Patter (n.) Glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue.
Trope :: Trope (n.) The use of a word or expression in a different sense from that which properly belongs to it; the use of a word or expression as changed from the original signification to another, for the sake of giving life or emphasis to an idea; a figure of speech..
Speechify :: Speechify (v. i.) To make a speech; to harangue.
Speeching :: Speeching (n.) The act of making a speech.
Logos :: Logos (n.) A word; reason; speech.
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