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bespeak
[ bih-speek ]
verb (used with object)
- to ask for in advance:
to bespeak the reader's patience.
- to reserve beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for:
to bespeak a seat in a theater.
- Literary. to speak to; address.
- to show; indicate:
This bespeaks a kindly heart.
- Obsolete. to foretell; forebode.
bespeak
/ bɪˈspiːk /
verb
- to engage, request, or ask for in advance
- to indicate or suggest
this act bespeaks kindness
- poetic.to speak to; address
- archaic.to foretell
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Example Sentences
The broad shoulders and ample waist bespeak the splendid strength of the goddess.
Many of the pictures now displayed in exhibitions bespeak a close intimacy between the painters and the fishermen.
The remains, like those around St. Piran's, bespeak a somewhat dense population.
The wonderful claims these people bespeak for them are not to be believed by any intelligent man.
She had now, however, bought sufficient experience to bespeak a chaise against his return.
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