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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Speak \Speak\, v. i. [imp. Spoke(SpakeArchaic); 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. sph[=u]rj 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.
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Till at the last spake in this manner. --Chaucer.
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Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth. --1 Sam. iii.
9.
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2. To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse.
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That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set,
as the tradesmen speak. --Boyle.
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An honest man, is able to speak for himself, when a
knave is not. --Shak.
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During the century and a half which followed the
Conquest, there is, to speak strictly, no English
history. --Macaulay.
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3. To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a
public assembly formally.
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Many of the nobility made themselves popular by
speaking in Parliament against those things which
were most grateful to his majesty. --Clarendon.
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4. To discourse; to make mention; to tell.
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Lycan speaks of a part of Caesar's army that came to
him from the Leman Lake. --Addison.
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5. To give sound; to sound.
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Make all our trumpets speak. --Shak.
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6. To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by
utterance; as, features that speak of self-will.
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Thine eye begins to speak. --Shak.
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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.
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Syn: To say; tell; talk; converse; discourse; articulate;
pronounce; utter.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Speaking \Speak"ing\, a.
1. Uttering speech; used for conveying speech; as, man is a
speaking animal; a speaking tube.
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2. Seeming to be capable of speech; hence, lifelike; as, a
speaking likeness.
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A speaking acquaintance, a slight acquaintance with a
person, or one which merely permits the exchange of
salutations and remarks on indifferent subjects.

Speaking trumpet, an instrument somewhat resembling a
trumpet, by which the sound of the human voice may be so
intensified as to be conveyed to a great distance.

Speaking tube, a tube for conveying speech, especially from
one room to another at a distance.

To be on speaking terms, to be slightly acquainted.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Speaking \Speak"ing\, n.
1. The act of uttering words.
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2. Public declamation; oratory.
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WordNet Speaking
adj 1: capable of or involving speech or speaking; "human
beings--the speaking animals"; "a speaking part in the
play" [syn: speaking(a)] [ant: nonspeaking]
2: capable of speech; "the speaking animal" [syn: speaking(a),
speech-endowed]
n 1: the utterance of intelligible speech [syn: {speech
production}]
2: delivering an address to a public audience; "people came to
see the candidates and hear the speechmaking" [syn: {public
speaking}, speechmaking, oral presentation]

Moby Dictionary
ESP , accents , answer , articulate , breathing , chatter , comment ,
commerce , communication , communion , congress , connection , contact ,
conversation , converse , correspondence , dealing , dealings ,
debating , declamation , demagogism , discourse , elocution , eloquence ,
eloquent , exchange , faithful , forensics , free-speaking ,
free-spoken , gab , homiletics , information , interaction ,
interchange , intercommunication , intercommunion , intercourse ,
interplay , language , lecturing , lifelike , linguistic act ,
linguistic intercourse , living , locution , loud-speaking ,
loud-spoken , message , natural , oral communication , oratory ,
outspoken , palaver , parol , parole , phonation , plain-speaking ,
plain-spoken , platform oratory , prattle , public speaking ,
pyrotechnics , rabble-rousing , rapping , realistic , reply , response ,
rhetoric , sequence of phonemes , social intercourse , soft-speaking ,
soft-spoken , speech , speech act , speech circuit , speech situation ,
speechcraft , speechification , speeching , speechmaking , string ,
stump speaking , talk , talkative , talking , telepathy ,
the spoken word , to the life , tongue , touch , traffic , truck ,
true to life , true to nature , true-speaking , two-way communication ,
utterance , utterance string , verbalization , vocable , voice ,
well-spoken , word , word of mouth , wordcraft , words , yakkety-yak ,
yakking