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bespoken
(gcide) | committed \committed\ adj.
1. Bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular
cause, action, or attitude. Opposite of uncommitted.
Note: [Narrower terms: bound up, involved, wrapped up;
dedicated, devoted; pledged, sworn]
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2. Associated in an exclusive sexual relationship; also
called attached. Opposite of unattached.
Note: [Narrower terms: affianced, bespoken, betrothed,
engaged, pledged, promised(predicate); married]
[Also See: loving.]
Syn: attached.
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3. Consigned involuntarily to custody, as in a prison or
mental institution.
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Bespoken
(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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bespoken
(gcide) | bespoken \be*spok"en\ adj.
1. same as made-to-order; -- of clothing.
Syn: bespoke, custom, made-to-order, tailored, tailor-made.
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2. bound by an agreement to become married to someone.
Syn: affianced, betrothed, engaged, pledged,
promised(predicate).
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bespoken
(wn) | bespoken
adj 1: (of clothing) custom-made [syn: bespoke, bespoken,
made-to-order, tailored, tailor-made]
2: pledged to be married; "the engaged couple" [syn: bespoken,
betrothed] |
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affianced bespoken betrothed engaged pledged promisedpredicate
(gcide) | attached \attached\ adj.
1. fastened together. a picnic table with attached benches
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2. being joined in close association; -- of people or
organizations.
Syn: affiliated, connected
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3. fastened onto another object; -- of objects smaller than
the main object.
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4. (Architecture) connected by a common wall or passageway;
-- used of buildings. detached
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5. (Biology) permanently attached to a substrate; not free to
move about. an attached oyster vagile
Syn: sessile
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6. associated in an exclusive sexual relationship; --
opposite of unattached.
Note: Narrower terms include: {affianced, bespoken,
betrothed, engaged, pledged, promised(predicate)};
married. Also See: loving.
Syn: committed.
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Bespoken
(gcide) | committed \committed\ adj.
1. Bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular
cause, action, or attitude. Opposite of uncommitted.
Note: [Narrower terms: bound up, involved, wrapped up;
dedicated, devoted; pledged, sworn]
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2. Associated in an exclusive sexual relationship; also
called attached. Opposite of unattached.
Note: [Narrower terms: affianced, bespoken, betrothed,
engaged, pledged, promised(predicate); married]
[Also See: loving.]
Syn: attached.
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3. Consigned involuntarily to custody, as in a prison or
mental institution.
[WordNet 1.5]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.
[1913 Webster]bespoken \be*spok"en\ adj.
1. same as made-to-order; -- of clothing.
Syn: bespoke, custom, made-to-order, tailored, tailor-made.
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2. bound by an agreement to become married to someone.
Syn: affianced, betrothed, engaged, pledged,
promised(predicate).
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Unbespoken
(gcide) | Unbespoken \Unbespoken\
See bespoken. |
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