respeak en · VERB
Etymology
From re- + speak.
Meanings
- To speak or utter again.
- To repeat the words of a televised person so that they can be electronically recognised and used to generate subtitles.
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(obsolete, poetic) To answer; to echo.
And the King's rouse the heaven shall bruit again, Re-speaking earthly thunder.
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], lines 127-128:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| respoke | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| respake | Tense=Past | archaic, poetic | lexicographic |
| respeaking | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| respeaks | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| respoken | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| re-speak | alternative | lexicographic |