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Bespeaking
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.

Meaning of Bespeaking from wikipedia

- and expanded its operations in 2015. ECW launched the audiobook imprint Bespeak Audio, focusing on Canadian production of Canadian books, in 2017. Steve...
- the word as a verb to describe ordering a custom-made pair of gl****es ("bespeaking a pair of spectacles"). One French bespoke shirtmaker was said to offer...
- 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-01-24. Retrieved 2010-02-14. "Bespeaking of Suits". New York. February 15, 1988. Retrieved 2009-01-18. Yate, Martin...
- illuminates his flesh. His piercing eyes, open mouth, and petitioning left hand bespeak an intense communion with the divine; yet this same hand draws our attention...
- free. They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud. And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it...
- freaks, g****s, and weirdos, but seen through the lens of cosmopolitanism, bespeaks a certain sophistication—a gourmet approach to life." John Paul Stadler...
- In Italy basil serves the goddess Love; a sprig of it worn by a suitor bespeaks his loving ... Hiltunen, Raimo; Holm, Yvonne (2 September 2003). Basil:...
- 1999 who boasts low self-esteem. His rhymes are jaw-droppingly perverse, bespeaking a minimum-wage life devoid of hope, flushed with rage and weaned on sci-fi...
- must send his men out to almost certain death with an understanding that bespeaks his sympathy with the soldier... ". A very public and brief romance with...
- in 1797, which finished with the lines: Then out went th' old woman to bespeak 'em a coffin, And when she came back, she found 'em all a-loffeing. The...