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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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He stood upon his feet, calling upon damsel, King and barons to hearken to his voice, and spake out manfully in the ears of great and small.

From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de

He released it from its wrappings reverently and, after a short scrutiny, spake out.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, January 28, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

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

Now spake out Beowulf, Ecgtheow's bairn: Many a one in my youth of war-onsets I outliv'd, And the whiles of the battle: all that I remember.

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

Am I so much to blame, that yesterday, when you were pleading Warmly the cause of another, my heart, impulsive and wayward, Pleaded your own, and spake out, forgetful perhaps of decorum?

From Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) for use in the Lower School by Stevenson, O. J.