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spake up

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

Example Sentences

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

From A Daughter of Fife by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

An' now, in regard o' your civility, I will 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 Carleton, William

"Phwoy don't yez spake up and tell the truth?"

From Frank Merriwell's Son A Chip Off the Old Block by Standish, Burt L.

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 Allinson, A. R. (Alfred Richard)

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 Carleton, William