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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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But, then, again, there's my pension; and that I'll lose if I spake out.

From The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William

God's voice spake out of it in their hearing.

From Quiet Talks on Power by Gordon, S. D. (Samuel Dickey)

"Nothin's asier; you have only to spake out; besides it's your business, bein' the colleen's father."

From Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William

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.

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

From Our Lady Saint Mary by Barry, J. G. H.