SPEECHED
Verb
speeched
simple past tense and past participle of speech
Source: Wiktionary
SPEECH
Speech, n. Etym: [OE. speche, AS. sp, spr, fr. specan, sprecan, to
speak; akin to D. spraak speech, OHG. sprahha, G. sprache, Sw. spr,
Dan. sprog. See Speak.]
1. The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of
expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of
speaking.
There is none comparable to the variety of instructive expressions by
speech, wherewith man alone is endowed for the communication of his
thoughts. Holder.
2. he act of speaking; that which is spoken; words, as expressing
ideas; language; conversation.
Note: Speech is voice modulated by the throat, tongue, lips, etc.,
the modulation being accomplished by changing the form of the cavity
of the mouth and nose through the action of muscles which move their
walls.
O goode God! how gentle and how kind Ye seemed by your speech and
your visage The day that maked was our marriage. Chaucer.
The acts of God . . . to human ears Can nort without process of
speech be told. Milton.
3. A particular language, as distinct from others; a tongue; a
dialect.
People of a strange speech and of an hard language. Ezek. iii. 6.
4. Talk; mention; common saying.
The duke . . . did of me demand What was the speech among the
Londoners Concerning the French journey. Shak.
5. formal discourse in public; oration; harangue.
The constant design of these orators, in all their speeches, was to
drive some one particular point. Swift.
6. ny declaration of thoughts.
I. with leave of speech implored, . . . replied. Milton.
Syn. Harangue; language; address; oration. See Harangue, and
Language.
Speech, v. i. & t.
Definition: To make a speech; to harangue. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition