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verb
1.
a simple past tense and past participle of bespeak.
adjective
2.
British.
a.
(of clothes) made to individual order; custom-made: a bespoke jacket.
b.
making or selling such clothes: a bespoke tailor.
3.
Older Use. engaged to be married; spoken for.
Origin:
1745–55 for def 2
1745–55 for def 2
Dictionary.com Unabridged
verb (used with object), be·spoke or ( Archaic ) be·spake; be·spo·ken or be·spoke; be·speak·ing.
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.
Obsolete. to foretell; forebode.
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World English Dictionary
bespeak (bɪˈspiːk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , -speaks, -speaking, -spoke, -spoken, -spoke | |
| 1. | to engage, request, or ask for in advance |
| 2. | to indicate or suggest: this act bespeaks kindness |
| 3. | poetic to speak to; address |
| 4. | archaic to foretell |
| bespoke (bɪˈspəʊk) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (esp of clothing or a website, computer program, etc) made to the customer's specifications |
| 2. | making or selling such clothing, websites, etc: a bespoke tailor; a bespoke web designer |
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Word Origin & History
bespoke
"custom or custom-made, made to order," of goods, as distinguished from ready-made, 1755, earlier bespoken (c.1600), pp. of bespeak, in a sense of "to speak for, to arrange beforehand," a sense attested in bespeak from 1580s. Now usually of tailored suits.
bespeak
O.E. besprecan "speak about, speak against, complain," from be- + 'sprecan "to speak" (see speak). A common Germanic compound (cf. O.S. bisprecan, Du. bespreken, O.H.G. bisprehhan, Ger. besprechen); originally "to call out," it evolved a wide
range of meaning in English, including "speak up," "oppose," "request," "discuss, "arrange," and "to order (goods)" (1580s).
"The connection of the senses is very loose; some of them appear to have arisen quite independently of each other from different applications of BE- pref." [OED]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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