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spoke in terms

spoke in terms is the simple past of speak in terms.

Meaning of speak in terms

Verb

speak in terms (third-person singular simple present speaks in terms, present participle speaking in terms, simple past spoke in terms, past participle spoken in terms)

  1. (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

Questions about spoke in terms

What is spoke in terms the simple past of?
Spoke in terms is the simple past of speak in terms.

Words near spoke in terms in the dictionary

  1. spoke for oneself
  2. spoke highly
  3. spoke ill of
  4. spoke in circles
  5. spoke in dollars
  6. spoke in terms
  7. spoke in tongues
  8. spoke key
  9. spoke keys
  10. spoke like a book
  11. spoke nipple

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