Speak /(?)/

Speak

v. i.

imp. Spoke; p. p. Spoken; p. pr. & vb. n. Speaking

  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. Archaic
    Till at the last spake in this manner.
    Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth.
    — 1 Sam. iii. 9.
  2. To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse.
    That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set, as the tradesmen speak.
    An honest man, is able to speak for himself, when a knave is not.
    During the century and a half which followed the Conquest, there is, to speak strictly, no English history.
  3. To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a public assembly formally.
    Many of the nobility made themselves popular by speaking in Parliament against those things which were most grateful to his majesty.
  4. To discourse; to make mention; to tell.
    Lycan speaks of a part of Caesar's army that came to him from the Leman Lake.
  5. To give sound; to sound.
    Make all our trumpets speak.
  6. To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak of self-will.
    Thine eye begins to speak.

Phrases & Compounds
To speak of
to take account of, to make mention of.
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.

Speak

v. t.
  1. To utter with the mouth; to pronounce; to utter articulately, as human beings.
    They sat down with him upn ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him.
    — Job. ii. 13.
  2. To utter in a word or words; to say; to tell; to declare orally; as, to speak the truth; to speak sense.
  3. To declare; to proclaim; to publish; to make known; to exhibit; to express in any way.
    It is my father;s muste To speak your deeds.
    Speaking a still good morrow with her eyes.
    And for the heaven's wide circuit, let it speak The maker's high magnificence.
    Report speaks you a bonny monk.
  4. To talk or converse in; to utter or pronounce, as in conversation; as, to speak Latin.
    And French she spake full fair and fetisely.
  5. To address; to accost; to speak to.
    [He will] thee in hope; he will speak thee fair.
    — Ecclus. xiii. 6.
    each village senior paused to scan And speak the lovely caravan.

Phrases & Compounds
To speak a ship
to hail and speak to her captain or commander.