speak

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speak pt. spoke, pp. spoken utter words. Late OE. str. vb. specan (corr. to MDu. speken, OHG. spehhen); superseding parallel OE. sprecan, which did not survive beyond XII = OS. sprekan (Du. spreken), OHG. sprehhan (G. sprechen).
Hence speaker (of the House of Commons) XIV; see -ER1.

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