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bespeak
(encz) | bespeak,objednat si v: PetrV |
bespeak
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bespeak
(encz) | bespeak,zamluvit si v: PetrV |
Bespeak
(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.
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Concluding, naturally, that to gratify his avarice
was to bespeak his favor. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. To show beforehand; to foretell; to indicate.
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[They] bespoke dangers . . . in order to scare the
allies. --Swift.
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3. To betoken; to show; to indicate by external marks or
appearances.
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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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4. To speak to; to address. [Poetic]
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He thus the queen bespoke. --Dryden.
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Bespeak
(gcide) | Bespeak \Be*speak"\, v. i.
To speak. [Obs.] --Milton.
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Bespeak
(gcide) | Bespeak \Be*speak"\, n.
A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play
is bespoken.) "The night of her bespeak." --Dickens.
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bespeak
(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: bespeak, 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, bespeak, call for, quest] |
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bespeak
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Bespeaker
(gcide) | Bespeaker \Be*speak"er\, n.
One who bespeaks.
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Bespeaking
(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.
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Concluding, naturally, that to gratify his avarice
was to bespeak his favor. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. To show beforehand; to foretell; to indicate.
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[They] bespoke dangers . . . in order to scare the
allies. --Swift.
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3. To betoken; to show; to indicate by external marks or
appearances.
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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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4. To speak to; to address. [Poetic]
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He thus the queen bespoke. --Dryden.
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Unbespeak
(gcide) | Unbespeak \Un`be*speak"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + bespeak.]
To unsay; hence, to annul or cancel. [Obs.] --Pepys.
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bespeak
(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: bespeak, 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, bespeak, call for, quest] |
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