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Webster 1913 Edition
Talk
Talk
,Verb.
T.
1.
To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating;
as, to
. talk
French2.
To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject of conversation;
as, to
. talk
nonsense; to talk
politics3.
To consume or spend in talking; – often followed by away;
as, to
. talk
away an evening4.
To cause to be or become by talking.
“They would talk themselves mad.” Shak.
To talk over
. (a)
To talk about; to have conference respecting; to deliberate upon; to discuss;
as, to
. talk over
a matter or plan(b)
To change the mind or opinion of by talking; to convince;
as, to
.talk over
an opponentTalk
,Noun.
1.
The act of talking; especially, familiar converse; mutual discourse; that which is uttered, especially in familiar conversation, or the mutual converse of two or more.
In various
talk
the instructive hours they passed. Pope.
Their
talk
, when it was not made up of nautical phrases, was too commonly made up of oaths and curses. Macaulay.
2.
Report; rumor;
as, to hear
. talk
of warI hear a
talk
up and down of raising our money. Locke.
3.
Subject of discourse;
as, his achievment is the
. talk
of the town
Syn. – Conversation; colloquy; discourse; chat; dialogue; conference; communication. See
Conversation
. Webster 1828 Edition
Talk
TALK
,Verb.
I.
1.
To converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts. I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you; but I will not eat with you.
In Aesop's time
When all things talk'd, and talk'd in rhyme.
I will come down and talk with thee. Num.11.
Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way? Luke 24.
2.
To prate; to speak impertinently.3.
To talk of, to relate; to tell; to give account. Authors talk of the wonderful remains of Palmyra. The natural histories of Switzerland talk much of the fall of these rocks, and the great damage done.
So shall I talk of thy wondrous works. Ps.119.
4.
To speak; to reason; to confer. Let me talk with thee of thy judgments. Jer.12.
To talk to, in familiar language, to advise or exhort; or to reprove gently. I will talk to my son respecting his conduct.
TALK
,Noun.
Should a man full of talk be justified? Job 11.
In various talk th' instructive hours they past.
1.
Report; rumor. I hear a talk up and down of raising money.
2.
Subject of discourse. This noble achievement is the talk of the whole town.3.
Among the Indians of North America, a public conference, as respecting peace or war, negotiation and the like; or an official verbal communication made from them to another nation or its agents, or made to them by the same.