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bespeak (v. trans.)
1.express the need or desire for; ask for"She requested an extra bed in her room" "She called for room service"
2.be a signal for or a symptom of"These symptoms indicate a serious illness" "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis" "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"
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BespeakBe*speak" (�), v. t. [imp. Bespoke (�), Bespake (Archaic); p. p. Bespoke, Bespoken (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Bespeaking.] [OE. bispeken, AS. besprecan, to speak to, accuse; pref. be- + sprecan to speak. See Speak.]
1. To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor.
Concluding, naturally, that to gratify his avarice was to bespeak his favor. Sir W. Scott.
2. To show beforehand; to foretell; to indicate.
[They] bespoke dangers . . . in order to scare the allies. Swift.
3. To betoken; to show; to indicate by external marks or appearances.
When the abbot of St. Martin was born, he had so little the figure of a man that it bespoke him rather a monster. Locke.
4. To speak to; to address. [Poetic]
He thus the queen bespoke. Dryden.
BespeakBe*speak", v. i. To speak. [Obs.] Milton.
BespeakBe*speak", n. A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.) “The night of her bespeak.” Dickens.
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bespeak (v. tr.)
give evidence of; bespeak; show[ClasseHyper.]
(skilfully; cleverly)[termes liés]
bespeak (v. tr.)
communicate, pass, pass along, pass on, put across, put across/over[Hyper.]
asking, request[Dérivé]
call for, invite[Domaine]
bespeak (v. tr.)
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