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Webster 1913 Edition
Speech
Speech
,Noun.
[OE.
speche
, AS. sp[GREEK]c
, spr[GREEK]
, fr. specan
, sprecan
, to speak; akin to D. spraak
speech, OHG. sprāhha
, G. sprache
, Sw. spr[GREEK]k
, Dan. sprog
. See Speak
.] 1.
The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.
There is none comparable to the variety of instructive expressions by
speech
, wherewith man alone is endowed for the communication of his thoughts. Holder.
2.
he act of speaking; that which is spoken; words, as expressing ideas; language; conversation.
☞ Speech is voice modulated by the throat, tongue, lips, etc., the modulation being accomplished by changing the form of the cavity of the mouth and nose through the action of muscles which move their walls.
O goode God! how gentle and how kind
Ye seemed by your
The day that maked was our marriage.
Ye seemed by your
speech
and your visageThe day that maked was our marriage.
Chaucer.
The acts of God . . . to human ears
Can nort without process of
Can nort without process of
speech
be told. Milton.
3.
A particular language, as distinct from others; a tongue; a dialect.
People of a strange
speech
and of an hard language. Ezek. iii. 6.
4.
Talk; mention; common saying.
The duke . . . did of me demand
What was the
Concerning the French journey.
What was the
speech
among the LondonersConcerning the French journey.
Shakespeare
5.
formal discourse in public; oration; harangue.
The constant design of these orators, in all their
speeches
, was to drive some one particular point. Swift.
Speech
,Verb.
I.
& T.
To make a speech; to harangue.
[R.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Speech
SPEECH
, n.1.
The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words, as in human beings; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds. Speech was given to man by his Creator for the noblest purposes.2.
Language; words as expressing ideas. The acts of God to human ears cannot without process of speech be told.3.
A particular language, as distinct form others. Ps. 19.4.
That which is spoken; words uttered in connection and expressing thoughts. You smile at my speech.5.
Talk; mention; common saying. The duke did of me demand, what was the speech among the londoners concerning the French journey.6.
Formal discourse in public; oration; harangue. The member has made his first speech in the legislature.7.
Any declaration of thoughts. I, with leave of speech implor'd, repli'd.SPEECH
,Verb.
I.