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    speak
    [spēk]
    verb
    speak (verb) · speaks (third person present) · spoke (past tense) · speaking (present participle) · spoken (past participle)
    1. say something in order to convey information, an opinion, or a feeling:
      "in his agitation he was unable to speak" · "she refused to speak about the incident"
      • have a conversation:
        "last time we spoke, you told me you couldn't do the job" · "I'll speak to him if he calls" · "I wish to speak privately with you"
      • utter (a word, message, speech, etc.):
        "patients copy words spoken by the therapist"
      • communicate in or be able to communicate in (a specified language):
        "my mother spoke Russian"
      • make a speech before an audience, or make a contribution to a debate:
        "twenty thousand people attended to hear him speak"
    2. (of behavior, an object, etc.) serve as evidence for something:
      "his frame spoke tiredness"
      • archaic
        show or manifest (someone or something) to be in a particular state or to possess a certain quality:
        "she had seen nothing that spoke him of immoral habits"
    3. (of a musical instrument or other object) make a sound when functioning:
      "the gun spoke again"
      • (of a dog) bark.
    Origin
    Old English sprecan, later specan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch spreken and German sprechen.
    -speak
    [spēk]
    combiningform
    1. forming nouns denoting a manner of speaking, characteristic of a specified field or group:
      "technospeak"
    Origin
    on the pattern of (New)speak.
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