speak of
Verb
Meaning
speak of (third-person singular simple present speaks of, present participle speaking of, simple past spoke of, past participle spoken of)
(transitive, phrasal verb) To bespeak; show; indicate; foretell; suggest.
This act speaks of his kindness.
Wang spoke of how the area had changed.
Synonyms
Examples
I have a horror of people who speak about the beautiful. What is the beautiful? One must speak of problems in painting!
Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.
I believe that at the end of the century the use of words and general educated opinion will have altered so much that one will be able to speak of machines thinking without expecting to be contradicted.
Do not speak of a rhinoceros if there is no tree nearby.
Speak of the Devil and he appears.
Do not speak of secret matters in a field that is full of little hills.