spake
Archaic past of utter
Spake is an archaic past tense of speak, found in older literary and religious texts: And God spake unto Moses.
It survives mainly in biblical quotations and deliberate archaism.
Modern English uses spoke.
Archaic second-person plural
Clergy's worship address
- parableInstructive allegorical narrative
- prophetDivinely inspired messenger
- apostleMessenger for a cause
- prophecyForetelling of future events
revelation · scripture · gospel · testament · commandment · psalm · proverb · verse
Public declaration of information
- declarationFormal public announcement
- edictAuthoritative public command
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- pronouncementFormal authoritative statement
herald · proclaim · utter · declare · pronounce · address · orator · speechmaker
ye
Archaic second-person plural
hath · thine · thee · dost · doth · ere · whence · betwixt · nigh · prithee
sermon
Clergy's worship address
- parableInstructive allegorical narrative
- prophetDivinely inspired messenger
- apostleMessenger for a cause
prophecy · revelation · scripture · gospel · testament · commandment · psalm · proverb · verse · chapter
announcement
Public declaration of information
- declarationFormal public announcement
- edictAuthoritative public command
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
pronouncement · herald · proclaim · utter · declare · pronounce · address · orator · speechmaker · rhetoric
storytelling
Recounting events aloud
legend · chronicle · saga · recounted · related · told · narrator · bard · minstrel · recital
- Spanish-speaking communitiesGroups using Iberian Romance language
- Spanish speakerOne who communicates in Castilian
- Spanish-speaking countriesNations using español officially
speak, speech, speaker, spoken, speechless, speaking, spoke, speaks, bespoken