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

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

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.

Jehovah spake out of the midst of the fire.

From The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets by Lord, Eleazar

Then spake out the warden on steed there a-sitting, The servant all un-fear'd: It shall be of either That the shield-warrior sharp the sundering wotteth, Of words and of works, if he think thereof well.

From The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats by Anonymous

The brown carles stayed 'twixt draught and draught, And murmuring, stood aloof, But one spake out when he had laughed: "God bless the Green-wood Roof!"

From Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough by Morris, William