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withspeak

withspeak

English

Verb

withspeak (third-person singular simple present withspeaks, present participle withspeaking, simple past withspoke, past participle withspoken)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) To contradict; speak against.
    • 1984, Isaac Asimov, Science fiction magazine:
      "Aren't you going to say something?" he said. "Like 'I withspeak myself?' That's a nice example of Germanic compounding."
  2. To direct conversation or questions (to).
    • 1957, Gardner Dozois, The Year's Best Science Fiction:
      the only time frame in which he could withspeak to the Spirit Ring