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spake up

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

VERB

assert

Synonyms

STRONGEST

sound off

WEAK

assert declare insist make plain speak loudly speak out

Example Sentences

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An' now, in regard o' your civility, I will spake up.

From Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William

You spake for me, Miss Nora; you spake up for me, girleen.

From Light O' the Morning by Meade, L. T.

"I'll not spake up, till I know all that Phelim's to expect," said Donovan.

From Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William

I And didn’t I get good wives for all the well-behaved boys in my parish?—Why don’t you spake up, Mick Donovan?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 25, 1841 by Various

"Phwoy don't yez spake up and tell the truth?"

From Frank Merriwell's Son A Chip Off the Old Block by Standish, Burt L.