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be⋅spoke

[bi-spohk]

–verb

1.	a pt. and pp. of bespeak.

–adjective

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

[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·speak (bĭ-spēk')

tr.v. be·spoke (-spōk'), be·spo·ken (-spō'kən) or be·spoke, be·speak·ing, be·speaks

To be or give a sign of; indicate. See Synonyms at indicate.
1. To engage, hire, or order in advance. See Synonyms at book.
2. To request: bespeak a favor.
To foretell; portend: fearful weapons that bespeak great loss of life.
Archaic To speak to; address.

[Middle English bispeken, to speak out, from Old English besprecan, to speak about.]

be·spoke (bĭ-spōk')

v. Past tense and a past participle of bespeak.
adj.

Bespoke

Be*spoke"\ (b[-e]*sp[=o]k"), imp. & p. p. of Bespeak.

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