'Bespeak' definitions:
Definition of 'bespeak'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Bespeak'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Bespeak'
From: GCIDE
- Bespeak \Be*speak"\, v. i. To speak. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bespeak'
From: GCIDE
- Bespeak \Be*speak"\, n. A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.) "The night of her bespeak." --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bespeak'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- breathe,
- brief,
- buttonhole,
- call for,
- call to,
- characterize,
- connote,
- crave,
- demand,
- demonstrate,
- denominate,
- denote,
- desire,
- differentiate,
- disclose,
- display,
- employ,
- engage,
- entail,
- evidence,
- evince,
- exhibit,
- express,
- file for,
- furnish evidence,
- give evidence,
- give indication of,
- give token,
- go to show,
- greet,
- hail,
- halloo,
- highlight,
- hint,
- hire,
- identify,
- illustrate,
- imply,
- import,
- indent,
- indicate,
- invoke,
- involve,
- make a request,
- make a requisition,
- make application,
- manifest,
- mark,
- mean,
- memorialize,
- note,
- order,
- point to,
- preengage,
- put in for,
- recruit,
- refer to,
- request,
- requisition,
- reserve,
- retain,
- reveal,
- salute,
- set forth,
- show,
- show signs of,
- sign on,
- sign up,
- sign up for,
- signalize,
- signify,
- solicit,
- speak,
- speak fair,
- speak for itself,
- speak to,
- speak volumes,
- spell,
- stand for,
- suggest,
- symbolize,
- symptomatize,
- symptomize,
- take aside,
- take into employment,
- take on,
- talk to,
- tell,
- tend to show,
- testify,
- whistle for,
- wish,
- witness