to use one's voice to say words; to give a formal speech
talk
Cases of word usage
1) go up to a person and speak to her or him first, especially a stranger in a public place (accost)
2) fully awake and ready to act, speak etc (alert)
3) a lawyer who has the right to speak and argue in higher law courts (barrister)
4) to speak in an irreverent way about God and sacred things (blaspheme)
5) to speak favourably of (a person, achievement etc) (commend)
6) to speak with strong feeling and attack a person, plan etc (declaim)
7) to speak against (something) especially with sarcasm (decry)
8) to speak publicly against (a person) (denounce)
9) a group of people with the right to act or speak for others (deputation)
10) to speak so that the sounds of the vowel are longer than usual (drawl)
