v. [UP- 4.] intr. To speak up; to begin to speak.
1819. W. Tennant, Papistry Storm’d (1827), 103. Let him up-speik as best he may.
a. 1842. W. Maginn, Homeric Ball. (1850), 251. They all agreed, and then upspoke the chief of many a wile.
1888. R. Buchanan, City of Dreams, VII. 130. But soon the host upspake, and sought to spread A feeble cheer.
