- (v.i.) To convey sentiments, ideas or intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak of self-will.
- (v.t.) To utter in a word or words; to say; to tell; to declare orally; as, to speak the truth; to speak sense.
- (v.i.) To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse.
- (v.t.) To utter with the mouth; to pronounce; to utter articulately, as human beings.
- (v.t.) To address; to accost; to speak to.
- (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.
- (v.i.) To utter a speech, discourse or harangue; to adress a public assembly formally.
- (v.i.) To give sound; to sound.
- (v.i.) To discourse; to make mention; to tell.
- (v.t.) To talk or converse in; to utter or pronounce, as in conversation; as, to speak Latin.
- (v.t.) To declare; to proclaim; to publish; to make known; to exhibit; to express in any way.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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