"respeak" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: respeaks [present, singular, third-person], respeaking [participle, present], respoke [past], respake [archaic, past, poetic], respoken [participle, past]
Rhymes: -iːk Etymology: re- + speak Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|speak}} re- + speak Head templates: {{en-verb|respeaks|respeaking|respoke|respoken|past2=respake|past2_qual=archaic, poetic}} respeak (third-person singular simple present respeaks, present participle respeaking, simple past respoke or (archaic, poetic) respake, past participle respoken)
  1. To speak or utter again.
    Sense id: en-respeak-en-verb-DkWRDD6R
  2. (television) To repeat the words of a televised person so that they can be electronically recognised and used to generate subtitles. Categories (topical): Television
    Sense id: en-respeak-en-verb-cZzmcrno Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 80 12 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 24 45 31 Topics: broadcasting, media, television
  3. (poetic, obsolete) To answer; to echo. Tags: obsolete, poetic
    Sense id: en-respeak-en-verb-DokVxI7y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: re-speak

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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