Definition: spoken

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

spoken
     adj 1: uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by
            speech; sometimes used in combination; "a spoken
            message"; "the spoken language"; "a soft-spoken
            person"; "sharp-spoken" [ant: written]
     2: using the voice in speech; "vocal communication"; "either
        silent or vocal prayers"; "vocal noises" [syn: vocal]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Speak \Speak\, v. i. [imp. Spoke(SpakeArchaic); p. p.
   Spoken(Spoke, Obs. or Colloq.); p. pr. & vb. n.
   Speaking.] [OE. speken, AS. specan, sprecan; akin to
   OF.ries. spreka, D. spreken, OS. spreken, G. sprechen, OHG.
   sprehhan, and perhaps to Skr. sph[=u]rj to crackle, to
   thunder. Cf. Spark of fire, Speech.]
   1. To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to
      express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so
      obstructed that a man may not be able to speak.

            Till at the last spake in this manner. --Chaucer.

            Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth. --1 Sam. iii.
                                                  9.

   2. To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse.

            That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set,
            as the tradesmen speak.               --Boyle.

            An honest man, is able to speak for himself, when a
            knave is not.                         --Shak.

            During the century and a half which followed the
            Conquest, there is, to speak strictly, no English
            history.                              --Macaulay.

   3. To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a
      public assembly formally.

            Many of the nobility made themselves popular by
            speaking in Parliament against those things which
            were most grateful to his majesty.    --Clarendon.

   4. To discourse; to make mention; to tell.

            Lycan speaks of a part of C[ae]sar's army that came
            to him from the Leman Lake.           --Addison.

   5. To give sound; to sound.

            Make all our trumpets speak.          --Shak.

   6. To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by
      utterance; as, features that speak of self-will.

            Thine eye begins to speak.            --Shak.

   To speak of, to take account of, to make mention of.
      --Robynson (More's Utopia).

   To speak out, to speak loudly and distinctly; also, to
      speak unreservedly.

   To speak well for, to commend; to be favorable to.

   To speak with, to converse with. ``Would you speak with
      me?'' --Shak.

   Syn: To say; tell; talk; converse; discourse; articulate;
        pronounce; utter.
Spoken \Spo"ken\, a. [p. p. of Speak.]
   1. Uttered in speech; delivered by word of mouth; oral; as, a
      spoken narrative; the spoken word.

   2. Characterized by a certain manner or style in speaking; --
      often in composition; as, a pleasant-spoken man.

            Methinks you 're better spoken.       --Shak.