Speak (?), v. i. [imp.
Spoke (?) (Spake (&?;) Archaic); p. p.
Spoken (?) (Spoke, Obs. or Colloq.); p. pr. &
vb. n. Speaking.] [OE. speken, AS.
specan, sprecan; akin to OF.ries. spreka, D.
spreken, OS. spreken, G. sprechen, OHG.
sprehhan, and perhaps to Skr. sphūrj to crackle,
to thunder. Cf. Spark of fire, Speech.]
1. 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.
Till at the last spake in this
manner.
Chaucer.
Speak, Lord; for thy servant
heareth.
1 Sam. iii. 9.
2. To express opinions; to say; to talk; to
converse.
That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set, as
the tradesmen speak.
Boyle.
An honest man, is able to speak for himself,
when a knave is not.
Shak.
During the century and a half which followed the
Conquest, there is, to speak strictly, no English
history.
Macaulay.
3. To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue;
to adress a public assembly formally.
Many of the nobility made themselves popular by
speaking in Parliament against those things which were most
grateful to his majesty.
Clarendon.
4. To discourse; to make mention; to
tell.
Lycan speaks of a part of Cæsar's army
that came to him from the Leman Lake.
Addison.
5. To give sound; to sound.
Make all our trumpets speak.
Shak.
6. To convey sentiments, ideas, or
intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak of
self-will.
Thine eye begins to speak.
Shak.
To speak of, to take account of, to make
mention of. Robynson (More's Utopia). -- To speak
out, to speak loudly and distinctly; also, to speak
unreservedly. -- To speak well for, to
commend; to be favorable to. -- To speak with,
to converse with. "Would you speak with me?"
Shak.
Syn. -- To say; tell; talk; converse; discourse; articulate;
pronounce; utter.
Speak (?), v. t. 1.
To utter with the mouth; to pronounce; to utter articulately, as
human beings.
They sat down with him upn ground seven days and seven
nights, and none spake a word unto him.
Job.
ii. 13.
2. To utter in a word or words; to say; to
tell; to declare orally; as, to speak the truth; to
speak sense.
3. To declare; to proclaim; to publish; to
make known; to exhibit; to express in any way.
It is my father;s muste
To speak your deeds.
Shak.
Speaking a still good morrow with her
eyes.
Tennyson.
And for the heaven's wide circuit, let it
speak
The maker's high magnificence.
Milton.
Report speaks you a bonny monk.
Sir W. Scott.
4. To talk or converse in; to utter or
pronounce, as in conversation; as, to speak Latin.
And French she spake full fair and
fetisely.
Chaucer.
5. To address; to accost; to speak
to.
[He will] thee in hope; he will speak thee
fair.
Ecclus. xiii. 6.
each village senior paused to scan
And speak the lovely caravan.
Emerson.
To speak a ship (Naut.), to hail and
speak to her captain or commander.
Speak (?), v. i. [imp.
Spoke (?) (Spake (&?;) Archaic); p. p.
Spoken (?) (Spoke, Obs. or Colloq.); p. pr. &
vb. n. Speaking.] [OE. speken, AS.
specan, sprecan; akin to OF.ries. spreka, D.
spreken, OS. spreken, G. sprechen, OHG.
sprehhan, and perhaps to Skr. sphūrj to crackle,
to thunder. Cf. Spark of fire, Speech.]
1. 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.
Till at the last spake in this
manner.
Chaucer.
Speak, Lord; for thy servant
heareth.
1 Sam. iii. 9.
2. To express opinions; to say; to talk; to
converse.
That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set, as
the tradesmen speak.
Boyle.
An honest man, is able to speak for himself,
when a knave is not.
Shak.
During the century and a half which followed the
Conquest, there is, to speak strictly, no English
history.
Macaulay.
3. To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue;
to adress a public assembly formally.
Many of the nobility made themselves popular by
speaking in Parliament against those things which were most
grateful to his majesty.
Clarendon.
4. To discourse; to make mention; to
tell.
Lycan speaks of a part of Cæsar's army
that came to him from the Leman Lake.
Addison.
5. To give sound; to sound.
Make all our trumpets speak.
Shak.
6. To convey sentiments, ideas, or
intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak of
self-will.
Thine eye begins to speak.
Shak.
To speak of, to take account of, to make
mention of. Robynson (More's Utopia). -- To speak
out, to speak loudly and distinctly; also, to speak
unreservedly. -- To speak well for, to
commend; to be favorable to. -- To speak with,
to converse with. "Would you speak with me?"
Shak.
Syn. -- To say; tell; talk; converse; discourse; articulate;
pronounce; utter.
Speak (?), v. t. 1.
To utter with the mouth; to pronounce; to utter articulately, as
human beings.
They sat down with him upn ground seven days and seven
nights, and none spake a word unto him.
Job.
ii. 13.
2. To utter in a word or words; to say; to
tell; to declare orally; as, to speak the truth; to
speak sense.
3. To declare; to proclaim; to publish; to
make known; to exhibit; to express in any way.
It is my father;s muste
To speak your deeds.
Shak.
Speaking a still good morrow with her
eyes.
Tennyson.
And for the heaven's wide circuit, let it
speak
The maker's high magnificence.
Milton.
Report speaks you a bonny monk.
Sir W. Scott.
4. To talk or converse in; to utter or
pronounce, as in conversation; as, to speak Latin.
And French she spake full fair and
fetisely.
Chaucer.
5. To address; to accost; to speak
to.
[He will] thee in hope; he will speak thee
fair.
Ecclus. xiii. 6.
each village senior paused to scan
And speak the lovely caravan.
Emerson.
To speak a ship (Naut.), to hail and
speak to her captain or commander.
