Sekirov Dictionary

bespeak

/bɪˈspiːk/

verb7

  1. To betoken; show; indicate; depict; foretell; suggest; allude to.
  2. To stipulate, solicit, ask for, or request, as in a favour.
  3. (old-fashioned) To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order, commission, reserve or arrange for something to be made in advance.
  4. To speak up or out; exclaim; speak.
  5. (no longer used) To forbode; foretell.
  6. (formal, no longer used) To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.
  7. (literary, no longer used) To speak to; address.

noun1

  1. (no longer used) A request for a specific performance; a benefit performance, by a patron.
forms

bespake · bespoke · bespoken · bespeaking · bespeaketh · bespeaks · bespeakest

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