| Speak |
v. i. |
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. |
| Speak |
v. i. |
To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse. |
| Speak |
v. i. |
To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a public assembly formally. |
| Speak |
v. i. |
To discourse; to make mention; to tell. |
| Speak |
v. i. |
To give sound; to sound. |
| Speak |
v. i. |
To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak of self-will. |
| Speak |
v. t. |
To utter with the mouth; to pronounce; to utter articulately, as human beings. |
| Speak |
v. t. |
To utter in a word or words; to say; to tell; to declare orally; as, to speak the truth; to speak sense. |
| Speak |
v. t. |
To declare; to proclaim; to publish; to make known; to exhibit; to express in any way. |
| Speak |
v. t. |
To talk or converse in; to utter or pronounce, as in conversation; as, to speak Latin. |
| Speak |
v. t. |
To address; to accost; to speak to. |
| Speakable |
a. |
Capable of being spoken; fit to be spoken. |
| Speakable |
a. |
Able to speak. |
| Speaker |
n. |
One who speaks. |
| Speaker |
n. |
One who utters or pronounces a discourse; usually, one who utters a speech in public; as, the man is a good speaker, or a bad speaker. |
| Speaker |
n. |
One who is the mouthpiece of others; especially, one who presides over, or speaks for, a delibrative assembly, preserving order and regulating the debates; as, the Speaker of the House of Commons, originally, the mouthpiece of the House to address the king; the Speaker of a House of Representatives. |
| Speaker |
n. |
A book of selections for declamation. |
| Speakership |
n. |
The office of speaker; as, the speakership of the House of Representatives. |
| Speaking |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Speak |
| Speaking |
a. |
Uttering speech; used for conveying speech; as, man is a speaking animal; a speaking tube. |
| Speaking |
a. |
Seeming to be capable of speech; hence, lifelike; as, a speaking likeness. |
