01 v. t. 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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Bespoke; p. p.
Bespoke; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bespeaking
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To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor.(Archaic)“Concluding, naturally, that to gratify his avarice was to bespeak his favor.” — Sir W. Scott.
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To show beforehand; to foretell; to indicate.“[They] bespoke dangers . . . in order to scare the allies.” — Swift.
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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.
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To speak to; to address.[Poetic]“He thus the queen bespoke.” — Dryden.