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spoken in terms

spoken in terms is the past participle 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 spoken in terms

What is spoken in terms the past participle of?
Spoken in terms is the past participle of speak in terms.

Words near spoken in terms in the dictionary

  1. spoken for
  2. spoken for oneself
  3. spoken ill of
  4. spoken in circles
  5. spoken in dollars
  6. spoken in terms
  7. spoken in tongues
  8. spoken like a book
  9. spoken of
  10. spoken one's conscience
  11. spoken one's mind

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