withspeak
English
verb
Definitions
- (nonstandard) To speak against; contradict.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle English withspeken (speak against, contradict) derived from Old English wiþsprecan (contradict, revile, gainsay) prefix from English speak.
Origin
English
speak
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Newspeak English
- autospeak English
- bespeak English
- bullspeak English
- cyberspeak English
- duckspeak English
- farspeak English
- forespeak English
- forspeak English
- forthspeak English
- inspeak English
- lolspeak English
- mallspeak English
- misspeak English
- newspeak English
- outspeak English
- overspeak English
- respeak English
- speak English
- speakability English
- speakable English
- speakeasy English
- speaker English
- speakest English
- speaketh English
- speakie English
- speaking English
- speako English
- speakout English
- speakworthy English
- textspeak English
- underspeak English
- unspeak English
- upspeak English
- spiikki Finnish
- sprechen German
- widersprechen German
- spreken Dutch, Flemish
- weerspreken Dutch, Flemish
- *wiþspecan Old English
- sprecan Old English
- wiþsprecan Old English
- speken Middle English
- withspeken Middle English
- newspeak Czech
- novořeč Czech
- spikka Faroese
- widersprechen Middle High German
- witherspreka Old Frisian
- pük Volapük
- spikön Volapük
- spreeke Saterland Frisian
- wierspreeke Saterland Frisian
- piki Sranan Tongo
- speak
- speako
- inspeak
- speakie
- unspeak
- respeak
- upspeak
- speaker
- bespeak
- speakout
- speaking
- lolspeak
- speaketh
- farspeak
- newspeak
- speakest
- forspeak
- misspeak
- outspeak
- Newspeak
- mallspeak
- autospeak
- duckspeak
- speakeasy
- bullspeak
- overspeak
- speakable
- textspeak
- forespeak
- forthspeak
- underspeak
- cyberspeak
- speakworthy
- speakability