Definitions for bespeak
bɪˈspikbe·speak

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1. bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signalverb

   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"

2. request, bespeak, call for, questverb

   express the need or desire for; ask for

   "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service"

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1. bespeaknoun

   A request for a specific performance; a benefit performance, by a patron.

2. bespeakverb

   To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.

3. bespeakverb

   To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance.

   to bespeak a seat in a theatre

4. bespeakverb

   To stipulate, solicit, ask for, or request, as in a favour.

5. bespeakverb

   To forbode; foretell.

6. bespeakverb

   To speak to; address.

   He thus the queen bespoke. uE000179487uE001 Dryden.

7. bespeakverb

   To betoken; show; indicate; foretell; suggest.

8. bespeakverb

   To speak up or out; exclaim; speak.

9. Etymology: From bespeken, bispeken, from *, besprecan, from bisprekanan, equivalent to. Cognate with bespeke, besprekke, bespreken, besprechen.

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1. To Bespeakverb

   I bespoke, or bespake; I have bespoke, or bespoken.

   Etymology: from speak.

   1. To order, or entreat any thing beforehand, or against a future time.

   If you will marry, make your loves to me;
   My lady is bespoke. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   Here is the cap your worship did bespeak. William Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew.

   When Baboon came to Strutt’s estate, his tradesmen waited upon him, to bespeak his custom. John Arbuthnot, Hist. of J. Bull.

   A heavy writer was to be encouraged, and accordingly many thousand copies were bespoke. Jonathan Swift.

   2. To make way by a previous apology.

   My preface looks as if I were afraid of my reader, by so tedious a bespeaking of him. Dryden.

   3. To forebode; to tell something beforehand.

   Thy started fears bespoke dangers, and formed ominous prognosticks, in order to scare the allies. Jonathan Swift, Examin. №. 45.

   4. To speak to; to address. This sense is chiefly poetical.

   With hearty words her knight she ’gan to chear,
   And, in her modest manner, thus bespake,
   Dear knight. Fairy Queen, b. i. cant. i. stanz. 8.

   At length with indignation thus he broke
   His awful silence, and the powers bespoke. Dryden.

   Then staring on her with a ghastly look,
   And hollow voice, he thus the queen bespoke. Dryden.

   5. To betoken; to shew.

   When the abbot of St. Martin was born, he had so little of the figure of a man, that it bespoke him rather a monster. John Locke.

   He has dispatch’d me hence,
   With orders that bespeak a mind compos’d. Joseph Addison, Cato.

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1. bespeak

   Bespeak generally means to suggest, indicate, or signify something. It can also refer to ordering or arranging for something in advance.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bespeakverb

   to speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor

2. Bespeakverb

   to show beforehand; to foretell; to indicate

3. Bespeakverb

   to betoken; to show; to indicate by external marks or appearances

4. Bespeakverb

   to speak to; to address

5. Bespeakverb

   to speak

6. Bespeaknoun

   a bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.)

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1. Bespeak

   be-spēk′, v.t. to speak for or engage beforehand: to stipulate or ask for: to betoken.—v.i. (obs.) to speak:—pa.t. bespōke′; pa.p. bespōke′ and bespōk′en.—n. an actor's benefit, so called because the actor's friends and patrons bespeak or choose the piece to be performed that night.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bespeak in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bespeak in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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