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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Bespeak \Be*speak"\, v. i.
     To speak. [Obs.] --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Bespeak \Be*speak"\, v. i.
     To speak. [Obs.] --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.
  
              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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Bespeak \Be*speak"\, n.
     A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play
     is bespoken.) ``The night of her bespeak.'' --Dickens.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  bespeak
       v 1: be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a
            serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe
            neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro
            is undervalued" [syn: betoken, indicate, point, signal]
       2: express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an
          extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service"
          [syn: request, call for, quest]
       [also: bespoken, bespoke]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  bespeak
     Scots vb.
     to #English

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  bespeak
     n.
     (lb en archaic) A request for a specific performance; a benefit
  performance, by a patron.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  bespeak
     n.
     (lb en archaic) A request for a specific performance; a benefit
  performance, by a patron.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  bespeak
     n.
     (lb en archaic) A request for a specific performance; a benefit
  performance, by a patron.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  bespeak
     Englanti vb.
     1 ottaa puheeksi ja sopia, järjestää, varata tai tilata ennakolta
     2 kieliä jostakin, osoittaa, ilmaista jotakin, kertoa jostakin

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Bespeak /bɪspˈiːk/
  دلّ

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  bespeak /bɪspˈiːk/ 
  objednat si

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  bespeak /bɪspˈiːk/ 
  zamluvit si

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  bespeak /bɪspˈiːk/ 
  vyjednat

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  bespeak //bɪˈspiːk// 
  1. puhua 2.
  (intransitive) to speak up or out; exclaim; speak
   3.
  (transitive) to speak about; tell of; relate; discuss
  2. ilmaista, kieliä, osoittaa
  (transitive) to betoken; show; indicate; foretell; suggest
  3. sopia, tilata, varata
  (transitive) to speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance
  4. pyytää
  (transitive) to stipulate, solicit, ask for, or request, as in a favour
  5. puhutella
  (transitive, archaic, poetic) to speak to; address

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  bespeak /bɪspˈiːk/
  govoriti o, ispoljiti, poručiti, ugovoriti

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  bespeak /bispiːk/
  1. užsakyti iš anksto, susitarti
     See also: request
  
  2. liudyti, rodyti

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  bespeak /bɪspˈiːk/
  1. Ismarlamak, talep etmek.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/bɪˈspik/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  113 Moby Thesaurus words for "bespeak":
     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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 预约,订,显示;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 预约,订,显示
     n. 预约

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