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upspake

upspake is the simple past of upspeak.

Meaning of upspeak

Verb

upspeak (third-person singular simple present upspeaks, present participle upspeaking, simple past upspoke, past participle upspoken)

  1. (intransitive) To speak up; advocate.
    • "Well, if I didn't stay in your home," upspoke the maiden lady, "I shouldn't care to know what it would become."1921, Wallace Irwin, Seed of the sun
  2. (ambitransitive) To speak with upspeak; uptalk.

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Questions about upspake

What is upspake the simple past of?
Upspake is the simple past of upspeak.

Words near upspake in the dictionary

  1. upsolving
  2. Upson
  3. Upson County
  4. upsot
  5. upsought
  6. upspake
  7. upspeak
  8. upspeaker
  9. upspeakers
  10. upspeaking
  11. upspeaks

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