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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 #EnglishFrom 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 jostakinFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Bespeak /bɪspˈiːk/ دلّFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
bespeak /bɪspˈiːk/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]objednat si
bespeak /bɪspˈiːk/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]zamluvit si
bespeak /bɪspˈiːk/From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]vyjednat
bespeak //bɪˈspiːk//From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]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
bespeak /bɪspˈiːk/ govoriti o, ispoljiti, poručiti, ugovoritiFrom English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 : [ freedict:eng-lit ]
bespeak /bispiːk/ 1. užsakyti iš anksto, susitarti See also: request 2. liudyti, rodytiFrom English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
bespeak /bɪspˈiːk/ 1. Ismarlamak, talep etmek.From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/bɪˈspik/
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, witnessFrom 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