vi to give sound; to sound.
2. speak ·vt to address; to accost; to speak to.
3. speak ·vi to utter a speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a public assembly formally.
4. speak ·vi to discourse; to make mention; to tell.
5. speak ·vt to talk or converse in; to utter or pronounce, as in conversation; as, to speak latin.
6. speak ·vt to utter with the mouth; to pronounce; to utter articulately, as human beings.
7. speak ·vi to convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak of self-will.
8. speak ·vi to express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse.
9. speak ·vt to utter in a word or words; to say; to tell; to declare orally; as, to speak the truth; to speak sense.
10. speak ·vi to utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak.
11. speak ·vt to declare; to proclaim; to publish; to make known; to exhibit; to express in any way.