单词 | bespeak |
释义 | bespeak /bi speek"/, v.t., bespoke or (Archaic) bespake; bespoken or bespoke; bespeaking. 1. to ask for in advance: to bespeak the reader's patience. 2. to reserve beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for: to bespeak a seat in a theater. 3. Literary. to speak to; address. 4. to show; indicate: This bespeaks a kindly heart. 5. Obs. to foretell; forebode. [bef. 900; ME bespeken, OE besprecan. See BE-, SPEAK] |
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