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- Dictionarybespeak/bɪˈspiːk/
verb
- 1. be evidence of; indicate: "the attractive tree-lined road bespoke money" Similar Opposite
- 2. order or reserve (something) in advance: "the defendant's insurers took steps to bespeak his medical records"
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His letter bespeaks his willingness to help. It bespeaks a manning which is susceptible to that second denotation of homographesis, the de-scription of a masculine male identity. At the least, the sketches bespeak a certain familiarity with the qualitative level of sixteenth-century drawing.
The meaning of BESPEAK is to hire, engage, or claim beforehand. How to use bespeak in a sentence.
4 meanings: 1. to engage, request, or ask for in advance 2. to indicate or suggest 3. poetic to speak to; address 4. archaic to.... Click for more definitions.
Bespeak definition: to ask for in advance. See examples of BESPEAK used in a sentence.
1. to ask for in advance; request. 2. to reserve beforehand: to bespeak a seat in a theater. 3. to speak to formally; address. 4. to show; indicate: This bespeaks a kindly heart. 5. to foretell. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
To bespeak is to imply or signal something, the way your neighbor's electric car might bespeak concern for the environment.
His letter bespeaks his willingness to help. Fighting for the right to be deported bespeaks a dim state of affairs. In other words, far from being something delightful and positive, it actually bespeaks a bane and burden that is cumbersome to say the least. The other bespeaks a taste for picking unnecessary fights.
To be or give a sign of; indicate. To speak for in advance; engage beforehand; reserve. That room is bespoken. To foretell; portend. To be indicative of; show. A mansion that bespeaks wealth. To engage, hire, or order in advance. A request for a specific performance; a benefit performance, by a patron.
bespeak something to show or suggest something. His style of dressing bespoke great self-confidence. Definition of bespeak verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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