verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To speak or utter again.
2. 2
   To repeat the words of a televised person so that they can be electronically recognised and used to generate subtitles.
3. 3
   To answer; to echo. obsolete, poetic

   "And the King's rouse the heaven shall bruit again, Re-speaking earthly thunder."

Example

More examples

"And the King's rouse the heaven shall bruit again, Re-speaking earthly thunder."

Etymology

From re- + speak.

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