different between spake vs smake

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spe?k/
• Rhymes: -e?k

Etymology 1

From Middle English spake, spak, from Old Norse spakr (“wise, gentle, quiet”), from Proto-Germanic *spakaz (“wise, clever”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pe?- (“to understand; intelligent, attentive”). Cognate with Swedish spak (“manageable”), Danish spag (“quiet, gentle, timid, tame”).

Adjective

spake (comparative more spake, superlative most spake)

1. (obsolete) Quiet; tame.
2. (obsolete) Ready; prompt.

Derived terms

• spakely

Etymology 2

From Middle English spak, from Old English spæc, first and third person singular past tense of specan (“to speak”). More at speak.

Verb

spake

1. (archaic) simple past tense of speak

References

• spake in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• spake in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• -speak, Akpes, Paeks, Pasek, Peaks, kapes, peaks, speak

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

spake

1. Alternative form of spoke

Etymology 2

Verb

spake

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of speken

English

Etymology

From Middle English smaken (“to smack, taste”), partly from Old English smacian (“to smack, pat, caress”) and partly from Middle English smake, smac (“smack, taste, flavour”), from Old English smæc, smæcc (“taste, flavour”). Cognate with Scots smak (“to taste, scent, smell”),See Norwegian smak (“taste”). More at smack, smatch.

Verb

smake (third-person singular simple present smakes, present participle smaking, simple past and past participle smaked)

1. (transitive) To smack; taste.
   • 1882, Bricktop, The trip of the Sardine Club:

     Even Bill Bitters could not find it in his heart to say a word against this moisture, and he actually smaked his lips, although he turned away lest someone should see him do it.

   • 1893, Margaret Sidney, Five little Peppers Midway:

     Now, that's good," smaking his lips in a pleased way.

   • 1918, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (U.S.), Locomotive engineers journal:

     He smaked his lips in anticipation of the coming treat.

   • 1922, Lucy Fox Robins Lang, Mrs. Lucy Robins, War Shadows:

     It is not a nice place to look at, rough you know,” he smiled, and his right eye winked at Frayne: “But the corned beef and cabbage, and the waffles. Mm!” He smaked his lips with desire.

   • 2001, James Joyce, Dubliners:

     "And what about the address to the King?" said Mr. Lyons, after drinking and smaking his lips.

Noun

smake (plural smakes)

1. A smack; taste; scent.
   • 1856, Edward Augustus Bond, Giles Fletcher, Sir Jerome Horsey, Russia at the close of the sixteenth century:

     A smake there is in other things, but small purpose.

Anagrams

• Masek, Samek, kames, makes, meaks, samek

Dutch

Verb

smake

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of smaken

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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Noun

sm?ke m or f

1. taste, act of tasting
2. taste, flavour

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: smaak
  • ? Limburgish: smaak

Further reading

• “smake”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “smake”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

• smak, smac, smacke, smech

Etymology

From smaken (“to taste”) from smak "a taste, flavor" from Old English smæc (“taste, smack”). More at smack.

Noun

smake

1. taste
2. flavor

Derived terms

• smakeles, smakkeles

Descendants

• English: smack, smake, smatch
• Scots: smak

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Low German smaken

Verb

smake (imperative smak, present tense smaker, simple past smakte, past participle smakt, present participle smakende)

1. to taste (something)
2. to smatch, smake , smack.

Derived terms

• smakebit

Related terms

• smak (noun)

References

• “smake” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

smake (present tense smakar or smaker, past tense smaka or smakte, past participle smaka or smakt, present participle smakande, imperative smak)

1. Alternative form of smaka