bespeak

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. Source: opted

2. v. t. To show beforehand; to foretell; to indicate. Source: opted

3. v. t. To betoken; to show; to indicate by external marks or appearances. Source: opted

4. v. t. To speak to; to address. Source: opted

5. v. i. To speak. Source: opted

6. n. A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.) Source: opted

7. v. be a signal for or a symptom of Source: wordnet

8. v. express the need or desire for Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

10. To speak. [Obs.] Milton. Source: adambom

11. v:100 v. be a signal for or a symptom of Source: ecdict

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