<OL TYPE="1"><LI>that which is or has been uttered by the living voice, thing spoken, word<OL TYPE="a"><LI>any sound produced by the voice and having definite meaning<LI>speech, discourse<OL TYPE="1"><LI>what one has said</OL><LI>a series of words joined together into a sentence (a declaration of one's mind made in words)<OL TYPE="1"><LI>an utterance<LI>a saying of any sort as a message, a narrative 1c</OL><LI>concerning some occurrence</OL><LI>subject matter of speech, thing spoken of<OL TYPE="a"><LI>so far forth as it is a matter of narration<LI>so far as it is a matter of command<LI>a matter of dispute, case at law</OL></OL>