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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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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.

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

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

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

Nobody liked to spake out wi’ the man there, but there was a power av whisperin’.

From Humours of Irish Life by Various