respeakv.
/ˌriːˈspiːk/, U.S. /riˈspik/ 1. transitive. To say again, restate, repeat. Formerly also: †to say or utter in response, (figurative) to re-echo (obsolete).
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [verb (transitive)] > utter
leadOE
givec1175
tell?c1225
talkc1275
to set upa1325
to put outc1350
soundc1374
to give upc1386
pronouncea1393
cough1393
moutha1400
profera1400
forth withc1400
utterc1400
to put forth1535
display1580
vent1602
accent1603
respeak1604
vocalize1669
fetch1707
go1836
outen1951
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > resound [verb (transitive)] > reverberate or echo
answera1425
redoublea1542
rebound1555
return1557
reply1565
report1589
re-echo1595
repercuss?a1597
render1598
reverberate1603
respeak1604
reverb1608
retort1609
reword1609
revoice1610
refract1621
to give back1889
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. ii. 128 The Kings rowse the heauen shall brute againe, Respeaking earthly thunder. View more context for this quotation
1645 T. Urquhart Trissotetras 7 I said that upon the mutuall proportion of the sides of Equiangled Triangles, is founded the whole Science of Trigonometry, I do here respeak it.
1672 W. Penn Quakerism xi. 107 God respoke those Words.
1772 J. Entick New Spelling Dict. (new ed.) Respeak, to answer.
1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Eclogues x, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 64 We sing not to the deaf: respeak the forests all.
1882 Cent. Mag. Apr. 890/2 Notwithstanding the emphasis with which the words were respoken, there was no response.
1898 Longman's Mag. Jan. 226 Every meanest mound Respeaks the word that cries To Lazarus, Arise!
1927 Times 12 Jan. 8/5 An operator in London said I was being called, but no voice was audible. I asked her to respeak the messages each way.
1939 Eng. Jrnl. 28 437 To have actors learn their lines and speak them before the camera and then..respeak them in synchronization with the motion of their lips.
2002 R. A. Knaak Diablo vi. 77 We tried to respeak the already spoken incantation.
2. intransitive. To speak again or further; †to answer (obsolete). Now rare.
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the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > to begin to speak again or resume speaking
take1477
to tell on1535
respeak1621
continue1711
reassume1719
resume1801
1621 T. Proctor Righteous Mans Way iii. 16 To exercise the stirring up the Admiration of our Spirits, by often recording, re-speaking of, re-marking, and re-opening to our selves..the great Acts of God.
1626 F. Quarles Feast for Wormes (new ed.) sig. Kv So said, the Lord to Ionah thus respake [1620 bespake].
1644 Jrnl. Assembly Divines 13 Mar. (1824) 214 The Independents opposed it, and again and again spake and re-spake.
1869 C. Merivale tr. Homer Iliad II. xix. 164 Then politic-soul'd Ulysses respake, and answer gave.
2000 R. Hendricks Lonelier than God iv. 137 The general tendency..for characters to speak, retract, and respeak, to press language to the very edge of its usefulness and then try again.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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