bespeak
11bespeak — transitive verb (bespoke; bespoken; speaking) Date: 1533 1. to hire, engage, or claim beforehand 2. to speak to especially with formality ; address 3. request < bespeak a favor > …
12bespeak — 1. verb [bɪˈspiːk/ To order or reserve in advance. 2. noun [bɪˈspiːk/ A request for a specific performance, by a patron. By the bye, Ive been thinking of bringing out that piece of yours on her bespeak night …
13bespeak — be•speak [[t]bɪˈspik[/t]] v. t. spoke, spo•ken spoke, speak•ing. 1) to ask for in advance; request 2) to reserve beforehand: to bespeak a seat in a theater[/ex] 3) to speak to formally; address 4) to show; indicate: This bespeaks a kindly… …
14bespeak — Synonyms and related words: accost, address, announce, apostrophize, appeal to, apply for, apply to, approach, approve, argue, ask, ask for, attest, be construed as, be indicative of, be significant of, be symptomatic of, beg leave, betoken, book …
15bespeak — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To give grounds for believing in the existence or presence of: argue, attest, betoken, indicate, mark, point to, testify, witness. See SHOW. 2. To cause to be set aside, as for one s use, in advance: book, engage,… …
16bespeak — be|speak [bıˈspi:k] v [T] past tense bespoke [ ˈspəuk US ˈspouk] past participle bespoken [ ˈspəukən US ˈspou ] literary to be a sign of something …
17bespeak — be|speak [ bı spik ] (past tense be|spoke [ bı spouk ] ; past participle be|spo|ken [ bı spoukən ] ) verb transitive LITERARY to be evidence of something …
18bespeak — v. a. == speak against a thing. RG. 524, 550. AS. be spræcan == agree upon a thing. O. and N. 1736 …
19bespeak — [[t]bɪspi͟ːk[/t]] bespeaks, bespeaking, bespoke, bespoken VERB If someone s action or behaviour bespeaks a particular quality, feeling, or experience, it shows that quality, feeling, or experience. [LITERARY, OLD FASHIONED] [V n] The tone of his… …
20bespeak — be·speak || bɪ spiËk v. reserve in advance; order goods or services; show, bear witness …
