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bespake

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be⋅spake

  [bi-speyk]
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–verb Archaic.
pt. of bespeak.

be⋅speak

  [bi-speek]
–verb (used with object), -spoke or (Archaic) -spake; -spo⋅ken or -spoke; -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.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME bespeken, OE besprecan. See be-, speak
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be·spake   (bĭ-spāk')   
v.   Archaic
A past tense of bespeak.
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