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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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Then it was that he spake out his mind about the Captain's rank, and was snubbed by Charlie,—as was told a page or two back.

From Can You Forgive Her? by Trollope, Anthony

"Nothin's asier; you have only to spake out; besides it's your business, bein' the colleen's father."

From Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William

He would fain keep him from continual coming, and he spake out the first thing that came in his head, that’s all.

From All's Well Alice's Victory by Lewin, M.

Never one spake like He spake; and yet in this respect, so real was His humanity, He spake like us all--He spake out what was in Him.

From Our Master Thoughts for Salvationists about Their Lord by Booth, Bramwell

Then Gernot spake out before the assembly, "Because thou fearest death with reason among the Huns, it were ill done on our part to keep away from our sister."

From The Fall of the Niebelungs by Armour, Margaret