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speak well of en · VERB

To say good things about someone or something.
- She believed every body spoke well of him. 1816, Jane Austen, chapter 4, in Emma:
- There is nothing that will make this world brighter and happier than to speak well of one another. 1911, Lemuel K. Washburn, “Speak Well of One Another”, in Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays, New York: The Truth Seeker Company:
- "I have always shown her by my manner that I dislike her. She must think me an odious creature." "On the contrary," replied Idris, "whenever your name has been mentioned she has spoken well of you, and has expressed herself as desirous of your friendship." 1904, John R. Carling, “Idris Declares His Love”, in The Viking's Skull, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, page 204:
- Three were stationed at Leicester for use on the fast, light London trains, and Lancashire drove for some years No. 970, of which he speaks well. 1959 April 14, L. H. Leedham, “A Veteran of the M.S.L.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 279:

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spoken well of	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
speaking well of	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
spoke well of	Tense=Past	lexicographic
speaks well of	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic