"speak in terms" meaning in All languages combined

See speak in terms on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: speaks in terms [present, singular, third-person], speaking in terms [participle, present], spoke in terms [past], spoken in terms [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|speak<,,spoke,spoken> in terms}} speak in terms (third-person singular simple present speaks in terms, present participle speaking in terms, simple past spoke in terms, past participle spoken in terms)
  1. (archaic) To speak plainly. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-speak_in_terms-en-verb-1Y2m8vho Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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          "ref": "1812, William Cobbett, Cobbett's Political Register, volume 21, page 773:",
          "text": "[…] while Mr. Elliot and Lord Milton and Mr. Ward, three of your party, stood foremost in the ranks to oppose the motion, and to speak in terms the most contumelious of the claims of the reformers […]",
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        "(archaic) To speak plainly."
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