spake out

VERB

make one's position known

Synonyms

WEAK

assert come out with declare have one's say insist let voice be heard make oneself heard make plain say loud and clear sound off speak loudly speak one's mind stand up for

Antonyms

WEAK

be quiet shut up

Example Sentences

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Sure, we're towld by thim that knows all about it, men that's grate scholars an' can spake out iligant.

From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John

Musha, bad end to you, man alive, an' spake out.

From Going to Maynooth Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William

Then it was that he spake out his mind about the Captain's rank, and was snubbed by Charlie,—as was told a page or two back.

From Can You Forgive Her? by Trollope, Anthony

Who was he that spake out of the cloud, and fire, and came and set down his throne on Sinai, accompanied with innumerable angels?

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

Don't mind whispering," said Anty; "spake out; your voice won't hurt me.

From The Kellys and the O'Kellys by Trollope, Anthony