Thesaurus: bespeak

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1. v. t. To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor.
2. v. t. To show beforehand; to foretell; to indicate.
3. v. t. To betoken; to show; to indicate by external marks or appearances.
4. v. t. To speak to; to address.
5. v. i. To speak.
6. n. A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.)
7. v. be a signal for or a symptom of
8. v. express the need or desire for
9. 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. To speak. [Obs.] Milton. A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.) "The night of her bespeak." Dickens.
10. To speak. [Obs.] Milton.
11. v:100 v. be a signal for or a symptom of