[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

speak \speak\, v. i. imp. spokespakearchaic; p. p.
   spokenspoke, 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=urj 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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see also:
spoke spake spoken speaking spark speech 
to speak of to speak out to speak well for to speak with 

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