Definition of Speke

1. Noun. English explorer who with Sir Richard Burton was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika; he also discovered Lake Victoria and named it (1827-1864).

Exact synonyms: John Hanning Speke, John Speke
Generic synonyms: Adventurer, Explorer

Definition of Speke

1. v. i. & t. To speak.

Definition of Speke

1. Verb. (archaic spelling of speak) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Speke

speiling
speils
speir
speired
speiring
speirings
speirs
speise
speises
speiskobalt
speiss
speisses
spek
spekboom
spekbooms
speke (current term)
speks
spelaean
spelaeologist
spelaeology
speld
spelded
spelder
speldered
spelders
speldin
spelding
speldings
speldins
speldrin

Literary usage of Speke

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1864)
"speke has duly recorded in his published account of his travels, the companions were allowed to descend the Nile, and in February, 1863, they reached ..."

2. The Vision of William Concerning Piers Plowman: Together with Vita de Dowel by William Langland, Walter William Skeat (1884)
"See Spak, speke. Space, time, leave, opportunity, 4. 217. Spades, pi. spades, a. 7. 177. ... speke, v. speak, address (but rather 15. 183. See the footnote. ..."

3. The Uganda Protectorate: An Attempt to Give Some Description of the Physical by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1902)
"TLS xxix. t. 18, f. 1. Ochnaceae. OC/IIM sp ? Madi, speke it Grant. ... Baringo, Johnston. Odin/i fruticosa, Hochst. Madi, speke & Grant. ..."

4. The History of England from the Accession of James II. by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1849)
"This was Hugh speke, a young man of good family, but of a singularly base and depraved nature ... On this occasion the agency of speke had been traced; and, ..."

5. The History of England from the Accession of James II by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1864)
"This was Hugh speke, a young man of good family, but of a singularly base and depraved ... On this occasion the agency of speke had been traced ; and, ..."

6. The History of England from the Accession of James II. by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Samuel Austin Allibone (1875)
"This was Hugh speke, a young mun of good family but of a singularly base and depraved nature ... On this occasion the agency of speke had been traced ; and, ..."

7. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1863)
"NT, who was also received with loud applause, said Captain speke had been his companion throughout the journey. They had been brother officers in India; ..."

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