Speech (?), n. [OE. speche, AS.
sp&?;c, spr&?;, fr. specan, sprecan, to
speak; akin to D. spraak speech, OHG. sprāhha, G.
sprache, Sw. spr&?;k, Dan. sprog. See
Speak.] 1. The faculty of uttering
articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by
words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.
There is none comparable to the variety of instructive
expressions by speech, wherewith man alone is endowed for the
communication of his thoughts.
Holder.
2. he act of speaking; that which is spoken;
words, as expressing ideas; language; conversation.
&fist; Speech is voice modulated by the throat, tongue, lips, etc.,
the modulation being accomplished by changing the form of the cavity
of the mouth and nose through the action of muscles which move their
walls.
O goode God! how gentle and how kind
Ye seemed by your speech and your visage
The day that maked was our marriage.
Chaucer.
The acts of God . . . to human ears
Can nort without process of speech be told.
Milton.
3. A particular language, as distinct from
others; a tongue; a dialect.
People of a strange speech and of an hard
language.
Ezek. iii. 6.
4. Talk; mention; common saying.
The duke . . . did of me demand
What was the speech among the Londoners
Concerning the French journey.
Shak.
5. formal discourse in public; oration;
harangue.
The constant design of these orators, in all their
speeches, was to drive some one particular point.
Swift.
6. ny declaration of thoughts.
I. with leave of speech implored, . . .
replied.
Milton.
Syn. Harangue; language; address; oration. See
Harangue, and Language.
Speech, v. i. & t. To make a
speech; to harangue. [R.]
Speech (?), n. [OE. speche, AS.
sp&?;c, spr&?;, fr. specan, sprecan, to
speak; akin to D. spraak speech, OHG. sprāhha, G.
sprache, Sw. spr&?;k, Dan. sprog. See
Speak.] 1. The faculty of uttering
articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by
words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.
There is none comparable to the variety of instructive
expressions by speech, wherewith man alone is endowed for the
communication of his thoughts.
Holder.
2. he act of speaking; that which is spoken;
words, as expressing ideas; language; conversation.
&fist; Speech is voice modulated by the throat, tongue, lips, etc.,
the modulation being accomplished by changing the form of the cavity
of the mouth and nose through the action of muscles which move their
walls.
O goode God! how gentle and how kind
Ye seemed by your speech and your visage
The day that maked was our marriage.
Chaucer.
The acts of God . . . to human ears
Can nort without process of speech be told.
Milton.
3. A particular language, as distinct from
others; a tongue; a dialect.
People of a strange speech and of an hard
language.
Ezek. iii. 6.
4. Talk; mention; common saying.
The duke . . . did of me demand
What was the speech among the Londoners
Concerning the French journey.
Shak.
5. formal discourse in public; oration;
harangue.
The constant design of these orators, in all their
speeches, was to drive some one particular point.
Swift.
6. ny declaration of thoughts.
I. with leave of speech implored, . . .
replied.
Milton.
Syn. Harangue; language; address; oration. See
Harangue, and Language.
Speech, v. i. & t. To make a
speech; to harangue. [R.]
