'Spoken' definitions:
Definition of 'spoken'
From: WordNet
adjective
Uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination; "a spoken message"; "the spoken language"; "a soft-spoken person"; "sharp-spoken" [ant: written]
Definition of 'Spoken'
From: GCIDE
- Speak \Speak\, v. i. [imp. Spoke(SpakeArchaic); p. p. Spoken(Spoke, 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[=u]rj 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. [1913 Webster]
- Till at the last spake in this manner. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth. --1 Sam. iii. 9. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse. [1913 Webster]
- That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set, as the tradesmen speak. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
- An honest man, is able to speak for himself, when a knave is not. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- During the century and a half which followed the Conquest, there is, to speak strictly, no English history. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a public assembly formally. [1913 Webster]
- Many of the nobility made themselves popular by speaking in Parliament against those things which were most grateful to his majesty. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To discourse; to make mention; to tell. [1913 Webster]
- Lycan speaks of a part of Caesar's army that came to him from the Leman Lake. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To give sound; to sound. [1913 Webster]
- Make all our trumpets speak. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak of self-will. [1913 Webster]
- Thine eye begins to speak. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To say; tell; talk; converse; discourse; articulate; pronounce; utter. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Spoken'
From: GCIDE
- Spoken \Spo"ken\ (sp[=o]"k'n), a. [p. p. of Speak.]
- 1. Uttered in speech; delivered by word of mouth; oral; as, a spoken narrative; the spoken word. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Characterized by a certain manner or style in speaking; -- often in composition; as, a pleasant-spoken man. [1913 Webster]
- Methinks you 're better spoken. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'spoken'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- articulate,
- articulated,
- colloquial,
- common,
- conversational,
- enunciated,
- everyday,
- familiar,
- informal,
- lingual,
- linguistic,
- nonstandard,
- nuncupative,
- oral,
- parol,
- pronounced,
- said,
- sonant,
- sounded,
- speak,
- speech,
- substandard,
- traditional,
- uneducated,
- unliterary,
- unstudied,
- unwritten,
- uttered,
- verbal,
- vernacular,
- viva voce,
- vocal,
- vocalized,
- voiced,
- voiceful,
- word-of-mouth