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speak - verb

  1. To engage in spoken exchange: chat, confabulate, converse, discourse, talk. Informal confab, visit. See words.
  2. To direct speech to: address, talk. See words.
  3. To express oneself in speech: talk, verbalize, vocalize. See words.
  4. To talk to an audience formally: address, lecture, prelect. Archaic bespeak. See words.

speak for - phrasal verb

  1. To serve as an official delegate of: represent, stand for. See substitute.