Definition of speech

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

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Speech :: Speech (v. i. & t.) To make a speech; to harangue.
Phonation :: Phonation (n.) The act or process by which articulate sounds are uttered; the utterance of articulate sounds; articulate speech.
Honest :: Honest (a.) Characterized by integrity or fairness and straight/forwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; -- said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession..
Study :: Study (v. t.) To form or arrange by previous thought; to con over, as in committing to memory; as, to study a speech..
Postprandial :: Postprandial (a.) Happening, or done, after dinner; after-dinner; as, postprandial speeches..
Eloquence :: Eloquence (n.) Fig.: Whatever produces the effect of moving and persuasive speech.
Offhand :: Offhand (a.) Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech; offhand excuses..
Monologue :: Monologue (n.) A speech uttered by a person alone; soliloquy; also, talk or discourse in company, in the strain of a soliloquy; as, an account in monologue..
Impatient :: Impatient (a.) Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience; as, impatient speeches or replies..
Surdal :: Surd (n.) A surd element of speech. See Surd, a., 4..
Hesitant :: Hesitant (a.) Unready in speech.
Scandalum Magnatum :: Scandalum magnatum () A defamatory speech or writing published to the injury of a person of dignity; -- usually abbreviated scan. mag.
Voice :: Voice (n.) Language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion.
Romanize :: Romanize (v. i.) To conform to Roman Catholic opinions, customs, or modes of speech..
Tonic :: Tonic (a.) Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (Phon.), applied to, or distingshing, a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, such sounds, namely, the vowels and diphthongs, being so called by Dr. James Rush (1833) from their forming the purest and most plastic material of intonation..
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..
Word :: Word (n.) Talk; discourse; speech; language.
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..
Hesitation :: Hesitation (n.) A faltering in speech; stammering.
Babble :: Babble (n.) Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
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