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Be*speak" (&unr_;), v. t. [imp. Bespoke (&unr_;), Bespake (Archaic); p. p. Bespoke, Bespoken (&unr_;); 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.
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Concluding, naturally, that to gratify his avarice was to bespeak his favor. Sir W. Scott.
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2. To show beforehand; to foretell; to indicate.
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[They] bespoke dangers . . . in order to scare the allies. Swift.
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3. To betoken; to show; to indicate by external marks or appearances.
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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.
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4. To speak to; to address. [Poetic]
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He thus the queen bespoke. Dryden.
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Be*speak", v. i. To speak. [Obs.] Milton.
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Be*speak", n. A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.) “The night of her bespeak.” Dickens.
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