bespeakingn.
The action of speaking to, for, about, or of.
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the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > invocation or appeal
bodec1175
stevenc1200
crya1300
askingc1330
prayerc1330
beseeching1340
invocationc1384
billc1386
conjuringa1400
pealc1400
conjurationc1450
adjuration?1473
remonstrance?1473
interpellation1526
contestation1548
address1570
vocation1574
imprecation1585
appellation1587
supplantation1590
advocation1598
application1607
invoking1611
inclamation1613
conjurement1643
bespeaking1661
vocative1747
incalling1850
appeal1859
appealing1876
appealingness1876
rogative1882
cri de cœur1897
1661 G. Rust Let. conc. Origen in Phœnix (1721) I. 1 Custom, which sends few Books into the world..without some fair bespeaking of the Reader.
1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther To Rdr. sig. A3 A Preface..which is but a bespeaking of Favour.
1711 J. Swift Lett. (1767) III. 243 The dinner was my bespeaking.
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- as daft as a brush
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