bespeak : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bespeak	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for bespeak
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bespeak v be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued" Synonym(s): bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" Synonym(s): request, bespeak, call for, quest
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bespeak \Bespeak"\, v. t. [imp. {Bespoke}, {Bespake} (Archaic); p. p. {Bespoke}, {Bespoken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bespeaking}.] [OE. bispeken, AS. besprecan, to speak to, accuse; pref. be- + sprecan to speak. See {Speak}.] 1. To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak* goods, a right, or a favor. Concluding, naturally, that to gratify his avarice was to bespeak his favor. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To show beforehand; to foretell; to indicate. [They] bespoke dangers . . . in order to scare the allies. --Swift. 3. To betoken; to show; to indicate by external marks or appearances. When the abbot of St. Martin was born, he had so little the figure of a man that it bespoke him rather a monster. --Locke. 4. To speak to; to address. [Poetic] He thus the queen bespoke. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bespeak \Be*speak"\, v. i. To speak. [Obs.] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bespeak \Be*speak"\, n. A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.) [bd]The night of her bespeak.[b8] --Dickens.