spake up

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make one's position known v.
assert v.

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

VERB

assert

Synonyms

STRONGEST

sound off

WEAK

assert declare insist make plain speak loudly speak out

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spake up

But, Mrs. Connell;" replied the priest, "before I spake up, consider her accomplishments.

From Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton

When I couldna find anither word, he spake up kind o' stern like—" "What did he say?

From A Daughter of Fife by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

Is it for three crowns' worth I'd spake up?

From Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton

Guillaume d'Orange spake up after the Emperor and made the second brag.

From The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche And Child Life in Town and Country by A. R. (Alfred Richard) Allinson

"I'll not spake up, till I know all that Phelim's to expect," said Donovan.

From Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton