Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Expressed orally; uttered.
  • adjective Speaking or using speech in a specified manner or voice. Often used in combination.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Uttered; oral: opposed to written.
  • Speaking: in composition: as, a civil-spoken man.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Uttered in speech; delivered by word of mouth; oral.
  • adjective Characterized by a certain manner or style in speaking; -- often in composition.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Relating to speech
  • adjective Speaking in a specified way
  • verb Past participle of speak

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination

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Examples

  • True, as Paul says, God “hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son;” but notice, it is “_hath spoken_.”

    The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity Charles Ebert Orr 1897

  • I heard my name spoken with unswerving certainty by the venomous lips of an ex-stripper.

    Get Laid or Die Trying Jeff Allen 2011

  • How the word spoken aloud means both the beginning and the end.

    History of a Suicide Jill Bialosky 2011

  • I heard my name spoken with unswerving certainty by the venomous lips of an ex-stripper.

    Get Laid or Die Trying Jeff Allen 2011

  • I hurried down to join her, and without another word spoken between us, we got into her car.

    Family Storms 2011

  • Caithe got her name spoken on ten thousand lips: the woman who fought with the frenzy of a whirlwind.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • Caithe got her name spoken on ten thousand lips: the woman who fought with the frenzy of a whirlwind.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • Caithe got her name spoken on ten thousand lips: the woman who fought with the frenzy of a whirlwind.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • Caithe got her name spoken on ten thousand lips: the woman who fought with the frenzy of a whirlwind.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • How the word spoken aloud means both the beginning and the end.

    History of a Suicide Jill Bialosky 2011

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