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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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The herald spake out among the handmaids, saying: "O Queen, thy son is returned from Pylos!"

From The Story of the Odyssey by Homer

Then spake out the warden on steed there a-sitting, The servant all un-fear'd: It shall be of either That the shield-warrior sharp the sundering wotteth, Of words and of works, if he think thereof well.

From The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats by Anonymous

Nobody liked to spake out wi’ the man there, but there was a power av whisperin’.

From Humours of Irish Life by Various

And she spake out with a loud voice and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.

From An Examination into and an Elucidation of the Great Principle of the Mediation and Atonement of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by Taylor, John M. (John Metcalf)

Then Beowulf spake out, on him shone the byrny, His war-net besown by the wiles of the smith: Hail to thee, Hrothgar!

From The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats by Anonymous