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inspeak

inspeak verb: to speak into, instill into.

Verb

inspeak (third-person singular simple present inspeaks, present participle inspeaking, simple past inspoke or (archaic) inspake, past participle inspoken)

  1. (archaic, poetic, transitive) To speak into, instill into.
    • And he called him only to redeem him, to inspeak the promised seed, the word of life into him, to be a redeemer of him and all his posterity.1855, Christopher Walton, An Introduction to Theosophy

Forms of inspeak

third-person singular presentinspeaks
present participleinspeaking
pastinspoke
past participleinspoken
past (archaic)inspake

Origin of inspeak

From in- + speak.

Questions about inspeak

What does inspeak mean?
Inspeak means to speak into, instill into.
What part of speech is inspeak?
Inspeak is a verb.
What is the past tense of inspeak?
The past tense of inspeak is inspoke.

Words near inspeak in the dictionary

  1. inspake
  2. inspan
  3. inspanned
  4. inspanning
  5. inspans
  6. inspeak
  7. inspeaking
  8. inspeaks
  9. inspecific
  10. inspect
  11. inspect the plumbing

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