Found 2 items, similar to spoken.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: spoken speak v 1: express in speech; “She talks a lot of nonsense”; “This depressed patient does not verbalize” [syn: talk, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise] 2: exchange thoughts; talk with; “We often talk business”; “Actions talk louder than words” [syn: talk] 3: use language; “the baby talks already”; “the prisoner won't speak”; “they speak a strange dialect” [syn: talk] 4: give a speech to; “The chairman addressed the board of trustees” [syn: address] 5: make a characteristic or natural sound; “The drums spoke” [also: spoken, spoke] spoken adj 1: uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination; “a spoken message”; “the spoken language”; “a soft-spoken person”; “sharp-spoken” [ant: written] 2: using the voice in speech; “vocal communication”; “either silent or vocal prayers”; “vocal noises” [syn: vocal] spoken See speak
English → English (gcide) Definition: Spoken Speak \Speak\, v. i. [imp. Spoke(SpakeArchaic); p. p. Spoken(Spoke, Obs. or Colloq.); p. pr. & vb. n. Speaking.] [OE. speken, AS. specan, sprecan; akin to OF.ries. spreka, D. spreken, OS. spreken, G. sprechen, OHG. sprehhan, and perhaps to Skr. sph[=u]rj to crackle, to thunder. Cf. Spark of fire, Speech.] 1. To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak. [1913 Webster] Till at the last spake in this manner. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth. --1 Sam. iii. 9. [1913 Webster] 2. To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse. [1913 Webster] That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set, as the tradesmen speak. --Boyle. [1913 Webster] An honest man, is able to speak for himself, when a knave is not. --Shak. [1913 Webster] During the century and a half which followed the Conquest, there is, to speak strictly, no English history. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 3. To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a public assembly formally. [1913 Webster] Many of the nobility made themselves popular by speaking in Parliament against those things which were most grateful to his majesty. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster] 4. To discourse; to make mention; to tell. [1913 Webster] Lycan speaks of a part of C[ae]sar's army that came to him from the Leman Lake. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 5. To give sound; to sound. [1913 Webster] Make all our trumpets speak. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 6. To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak of self-will. [1913 Webster] Thine eye begins to speak. --Shak. [1913 Webster] To speak of, to take account of, to make mention of. --Robynson (More's Utopia). To speak out, to speak loudly and distinctly; also, to speak unreservedly. To speak well for, to commend; to be favorable to. To speak with, to converse with. “Would you speak with me?” --Shak. [1913 Webster] Syn: To say; tell; talk; converse; discourse; articulate; pronounce; utter. [1913 Webster] Spoken \Spo"ken\ (sp[=o]"k'n), a. [p. p. of Speak.] 1. Uttered in speech; delivered by word of mouth; oral; as, a spoken narrative; the spoken word. [1913 Webster] 2. Characterized by a certain manner or style in speaking; -- often in composition; as, a pleasant-spoken man. [1913 Webster] Methinks you 're better spoken. --Shak. [1913 Webster]