speak in terms en · VERB
Meanings
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(archaic) To speak plainly.
[…] while Mr. Elliot and Lord Milton and Mr. Ward, three of your party, stood foremost in the ranks to oppose the motion, and to speak in terms the most contumelious of the claims of the reformers […]
1812, William Cobbett, Cobbett's Political Register, volume 21, page 773:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| speaks in terms | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| spoke in terms | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| speaking in terms | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| spoken in terms | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |