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bespake Bespeak \ Be* 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. [ 1913 Webster] Concluding, naturally, that to gratify his avarice was to bespeak his favor. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To show beforehand; to foretell; to indicate. [ 1913 Webster] [ They] bespoke dangers . . . in order to scare the allies. -- Swift. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To betoken; to show; to indicate by external marks or appearances. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To speak to; to address. [ Poetic] [ 1913 Webster] He thus the queen bespoke. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster]
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