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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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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.

"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

Musha, bad end to you, man alive, an' spake out.

From Going to Maynooth Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William

But, then, again, there's my pension; and that I'll lose if I spake out.

From The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William

Then your spokesmen are going to spake out your complaint.

From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Caine, Hall, Sir