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Bespeaak

BESPEA'AK

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Verb.
T.
pret. bespoke; pp. bespoke, bespoken. [be and speak.]
1.
To speak for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak a seat in a public coach.
My lade is bespoke.
2.
To forebode; to foretell.
They started fears, and bespoke dangers, to scare the allies.
3.
To speak to; to address. This sense is mostly poetical.
He thus the queen bespoke.
4.
To betoken; to show; to indicate by external marks or appearances; as, his manners bespeak him a gentleman.