Meanings
verbrespeak (third-person singular simple present respeaks, present participle respeaking, simple past respoke or (archaic, poetic) respake, past participle respoken)
present singular third person respeaks · participle present respeaking · past respoke · archaic past poetic respake · participle past respoken · alternative re-speak
- broadcastingTo repeat the words of a televised person so that they can be electronically recognised and used to generate subtitles.
- obsoletepoeticTo answer; to echo.
And the King's rouse the heaven shall bruit again, Re-speaking earthly thunder.
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], lines 127-128
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Rhymes with respeak
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APA
respeak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/respeak
MLA
“respeak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/respeak. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “respeak,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/respeak.
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