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What does “beaten out” and “spoken” refer to in the phrase “words whether beaten out or spoken to”

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Beaten out would mean, literally “beaten out” as in speaker was bullied into talking, and spoken would be willingly speaking about it. Beaten out and Spoken both represent a literal action, so it would be a verb.
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