withspeak

== English == === Etymology === A revival of Middle English withspeken (“to speak against, contradict”), from Old English wiþsprecan (“to contradict, gainsay, revile”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiþisprekan, equivalent to with- +‎ speak. Cognate with Old Frisian withspreka (“to disagree”), Saterland Frisian wierspreeke (“to contradict”), West Frisian wjersprekke (“to contradict”), Dutch weerspreken (“to contradict”), German widersprechen (“to contradict, gainsay”). === Verb === withspeak (third-person singular simple present withspeaks, present participle withspeaking, simple past withspoke, past participle withspoken) (rare, transitive) To speak against; contradict. ==== Translations ====