bespoutv.
/bɪˈspaʊt/ transitive. To besprinkle by spouting; figurative (a) to utter or recite with pompous elocution; (b) to recite to, to plague with oratory.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > express at length > spout words to (a person)
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the mind > language > speech > speech-making > recitation > recite [verb (transitive)]
sayOE
record?c1225
reckonc1350
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to say over1560
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decline1597
to call over1674
1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 84 Take wine and water, and therewith bespout hir well with your mouth.
1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 591 It has been bespouted, bequoted, and beparodied.
1857 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. IV. 138 Woe for the age, woe for the man, quack-ridden, bespeeched, bespouted.
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