Found 2 hits - Term: to speak, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
open \o"pen\ v. t. imp. p. p. opened; p. pr. vb. n.
opening. as. openian. see open,a.
1. to make or set open; to render free of access; to unclose;
to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or covering
from; as, to open a door; to open a box; to open a room;
to open a letter.
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and all the windows of my heart
i open to the day. --whittier.
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2. to spread; to expand; as, to open the hand.
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3. to disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.
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the king opened himself to some of his council, that
he was sorry for the earl's death. --bacon.
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unto thee have i opened my cause. --jer. xx. 12.
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while he opened to us the scriptures. --luke xxiv.
32.
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4. to make known; to discover; also, to render available or
accessible for settlements, trade, etc.
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the english did adventure far for to open the north
parts of america. --abp. abbot.
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5. to enter upon; to begin; as, to open a discussion; to open
fire upon an enemy; to open trade, or correspondence; to
open an investigation; to open a case in court, or a
meeting.
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6. to loosen or make less compact; as, to open matted cotton
by separating the fibers.
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to open one's mouth, to speak.
to open up, to lay open; to discover; to disclose.
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poetry that had opened up so many delightful views
into the character and condition of our "bold
peasantry, their country's pride." --prof.
wilson.
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see also:
opened opening open to open one's mouth to speak to open up
- [2] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
to speak. this term is used in the english law, to signify the permission
given by a court to the prosecutor and defendant in some cases of
misdemeanor, to agree together, after which the prosecutor comes into court
and declares himself to be satisfied; when the court pass a nominal
sentence. 1 chit. pr. 17.
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