'To speak out' definitions:
Definition of 'To speak out'
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]
Words containing 'To speak out'
- Speak,
- Speaking,
- To speak of,
- To speak with,
- so to speak,
- speak for,
- speak for itself,
- speak out,
- speak to,
- speak up,
- speak up for,
- speaking of,
- A speaking acquaintance,
- Evil speaking,
- Plain speaking,
- Speaking trumpet,
- Speaking tube,
- To be on speaking terms,
- To speak a ship,
- To speak by the book,
- To speak by the card,
- To speak daggers,
- To speak fair,
- To speak for Buncombe,
- To speak well for,
- broadly speaking,
- manner of speaking,
- properly speaking,
- public speaking,
- speak in tongues,
- speak of the devil,
- strictly speaking,
- English-speaking,
- French-speaking,
- German-speaking,
- Home-speaking,
- bantu-speaking,
- flemish-speaking,
- gaelic-speaking,
- icelandic-speaking,
- italian-speaking,
- japanese-speaking,
- kannada-speaking,
- livonian-speaking,
- oscan-speaking,
- russian-speaking,
- samoyedic-speaking,
- semitic-speaking,
- siouan-speaking,
- spanish-speaking,
- turkic-speaking,
- finno-ugric-speaking