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(), 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. Bespeak" v. i.To speak. [Obs.] Milton. Bespeak" n.A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.) "The night of her bespeak." Dickens. スポンサード リンク
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