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Upspoke vs Upspake - What's the difference?

upspoke | upspake |

As verbs the difference between upspoke and upspake

is that upspoke is (upspeak) while upspake is (upspeak).

upspoke

English

Verb

(head)
  • (upspeak)

  • upspeak

    English

    Verb

  • To speak up; advocate.
  • *1921 , Wallace Irwin, Seed of the sun :
  • "Well, if I didn't stay in your home," upspoke the maiden lady, "I shouldn't care to know what it would become."
  • (ambitransitive) To speak with upspeak (see below).
  • Derived terms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A manner of speaking in which the intonation of one's voice rises at the end of a statement, as if expressing uncertainty or asking a question.
  • *2012 , Elizabeth Flock, But Inside I'm Screaming :
  • [...] the nurse answers in upspeak'. “You can work on it only if you're supervised.” Even the Oil of Olay moisturizer is confiscated. “It's in a glass jar?” ' Upspeak again.

    upspake

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (upspeak)