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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Speak \Speak\, verb (used without an object) [imp. {Spoke}({Spake}Archaic); 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.
Till at the last spake in this manner. --Chaucer.
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. --Boyle.
An honest man, is able to speak for himself, when a knave is not. --Shak.
During the century and a half which followed the Conquest, there is, to speak strictly, no English history. --Macaulay.
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. --Clarendon.
4. To discourse; to make mention; to tell.
Lycan speaks of a part of C[ae]sar's army that came to him from the Leman Lake. --Addison.
5. To give sound; to sound.
Make all our trumpets speak. --Shak.
6. To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak of self-will.
Thine eye begins to speak. --Shak.
{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.
Syn: To say; tell; talk; converse; discourse; articulate; pronounce; utter.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Spoken \Spo"ken\ (sp[=o]"k'n), adjective [p. p. of {Speak}.]
1. Uttered in speech; delivered by word of mouth; oral; as, a spoken narrative; the spoken word.
2. Characterized by a certain manner or style in speaking; -- often in composition; as, a pleasant-spoken man.
Methinks you 're better spoken. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
speak
verb
1: express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" [syn: {talk}, {utter}, {mouth}, {verbalize}, {verbalise}]
2: exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words" [syn: {talk}]
3: use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect" [syn: {talk}]
4: give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees" [syn: {address}]
5: make a characteristic or natural sound; "The drums spoke" [also: {spoken}, {spoke}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
spoken
adjective
1: 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}]
2: using the voice in speech; "vocal communication"; "either silent or vocal prayers"; "vocal noises" [syn: {vocal}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
spoken See {speak}
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "spoken": 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
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