inspeak

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ speak.

Verb

inspeak (third-person singular simple present inspeaks, present participle inspeaking, simple past inspoke or (archaic) inspake, past participle inspoken)

  1. (transitive, archaic, poetic) To speak into, instill into.
    • 1855, Christopher Walton, An Introduction to Theosophy:
      And he called him only to redeem him, to inspeak the promised seed, the word of life into him, to be a redeemer of him and all his posterity.
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