bespeakv.

/bɪˈspiːk/

Forms: Past tense bespoke, and (arch). bespake. Past participle bespoken, bespoke. For other forms see speak n.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Common West Germanic: Old English bi- , besprecan = Old Saxon bisprecan (Dutch bespreken ), Old High German bisprehhan (Middle High German and modern German besprechen ), < bi- , be- prefix + sprecan (specan ) to speak v. 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- prefix.

I. intransitive.

†1. To call out, exclaim, complain that. Only Old English.

ΚΠ

c893 tr. Orosius Hist. i. x. §6 Hu ungemetlice ge Romware bemurcniað & besprecað þæt, etc.

c893 tr. Orosius Hist. ii. iv. §7 Ond nu ure Cristne Roma bespricð þæt..etc.

†2.

a. To speak up or out, to exclaim: originally with some notion of objection or remonstrance; in later times, simply, to raise one's voice, to speak. Obsolete or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)]

matheleOE

speakc888

spellc888

yedc888

i-quethec900

reirdOE

meldOE

meleOE

quidOE

i-meleOE

wordOE

to open one's mouth (also lips)OE

mootOE

spellc1175

carpa1240

spilec1275

bespeakc1314

adda1382

mella1400

moutha1400

utter?a1400

lalec1400

nurnc1400

parlec1400

talkc1400

to say forthc1405

rekea1450

to say on1487

nevena1500

quinch1511

quetch1530

queckc1540

walk1550

cant1567

twang1602

articulate1615

tella1616

betalk1622

sermocinate1623

to give tongue1737

jaw1748

to break stillness1768

outspeaka1788

to give mouth1854

larum1877

to make noises1909

verbal1974

c1314 Guy Warw. 185 Than bispac Otous of Pavi, To Gii he bar gret envie.

c1440 Erle Tolous 877 Then bespake an olde Knyght, Y have wondur, be goddys myght, That syr Autore thus was bestedd.

c1500 Debate Carpenter's Tools in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1987) 38 459 Than bespake þe polyff With gret strong wordys and styffe.

a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. G The earle of Penbrooke mildlie thus bespake; ‘My lords,’ etc.

1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn vi, in Poems 4 Untill their Lord himself bespake, and bid them go.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ii. 201 And thus the chief bespake.

†b. quasi-transitive. rare. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)]

speakc825

queatheOE

forthdoc900

i-seggenc900

sayeOE

speak971

meleOE

quidOE

spella1000

forthbringc1000

givec1175

warpa1225

mootc1225

i-schirea1250

upbringa1250

outsay?c1250

spilec1275

talec1275

wisea1300

crackc1315

nevena1325

cast1330

rehearsec1330

roundc1330

spend1362

carpa1375

sermona1382

to speak outc1384

usea1387

minc1390

pronouncea1393

lancec1400

mellc1400

nurnc1400

slingc1400

tellc1400

wordc1400

yelpc1400

worka1425

utterc1444

outspeakc1449

yielda1450

arecchec1460

roose?a1475

cutc1525

to come forth with1532

bubble1536

prolate1542

report1548

prolocute1570

bespeak1579

wield1581

upbraid1587

up with (also mid) ——1594

name1595

upbrayc1600

discoursea1616

tonguea1616

to bring out1665

voice1665

emit1753

lip1789

to out with1802

pitch1811

go1836

to open one's head1843

vocabulize1861

shoot1915

verbal1920

be1982

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. Whatever that good old man bespake.

II. transitive.

†3. To speak against: to charge, accuse; oppose.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (transitive)]

edwitec825

witec893

accuseOE

bespeaka1000

forwrayOE

atwiteOE

blamea1300

impugn1377

publishc1384

defamea1387

appeach1430

becryc1440

surmisea1485

arguea1522

infame1531

insimulate1532

note1542

tax1548

resperse1551

finger-point1563

chesoun1568

touch1570

disclaim1590

impeach1590

intent1613

question1620

accriminate1641

charge1785

cheek1877

a1000 Laws of Ethelb. ii. 8 (Bosw.) Hit besprecen biþ.

a1000 Lambeth Psalter xliii. 17 Fram stefne besprecendre.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 524 He was of churche inome, tho clergie bispek it vaste.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1444 And sge ne bi-swac him neuere a del.

†4. To speak about:

a. To discuss, advise upon, determine upon. (Also intransitive with infinitive of purpose.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse with [verb (transitive)] > discuss or confer about

bespeakc1175

roundc1275

talka1387

discuss1402

commune1423

common1435

discutec1440

ventilate?1530

discourse1546

confer1552

consult?1553

imparlc1600

parle1631

conjobble1692

to talk over1734

chew1939

punt1945

to kick about1966

the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > confer, consult, or deliberate

roundc1275

to speak togetherc1275

to take counselc1290

counsel1297

treat1297

advisea1393

communea1393

to take deliberationc1405

common1416

to put (also bring, lay, set, etc.) their (also our, your) heads togetherc1425

janglec1440

bespeak1489

parliamenta1492

intercommonc1540

confer1545

parle1558

consult1565

imparl1572

break parle1594

handle1596

emparley1600

to confer notes1650

to compare notes1709

powwow1780

to get together1816

palaver1877

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 91 Heo bispeken heom bitweonen þet heo walden ibuȝen.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 200 Þo þys was syker & byspeke.

c1300 K. Alis. 94 Wel thrytty ygedred beoth, And byspekith al his deth.

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iv. ix. 250 She hathe traytted or bespoken for to make hym dey other by poyson or by som other secrete dethe.

†b. To promise. Obsolete. rare. (German versprechen.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise or vow [verb (transitive)]

swearc825

hightOE

behighta1000

behestc1175

bespeakc1320

queatha1325

vow1338

avowc1374

undertakec1385

forhighta1400

forsweara1400

hest14..

promitc1422

promise1430

protest1430

to swear outa1440

to swear to ——1598

pollicitate1657

c1320 Cast. Loue 221 For so hit was to Adam bi-speke, And God nolde no forward breke.

a. To speak for; to arrange for, engage beforehand; to ‘order’ (goods).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > make preparations for (an event, etc.)

apparelc1314

purveya1382

prevenea1522

bespeak1582

providea1616

forespeak1659

formel1673

to set the stage1937

organize1952

to set up1965

society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (transitive)] > order > custom-order

forespeak1659

steem1674

bespeak1688

engage1760

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 43 Theare doe lye great kingdooms..bespoken For the.

1606 Returne from Pernassus iii. v. sig. F^v A lodging bespoken for him..in newgate.

1688 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. ii. 367. IV. 143 The six thousand pair of Shoes which he bispoke at Exeter.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 16. ⁋2 She bespoke the Play of Alexander the Great, to be acted by the Company of Strollers.

1712 J. Arbuthnot Law is Bottomless-pit i. 6 His Tradesmen..waited upon him to ..bespeak his Custom.

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §255 A new set of chains was bespoke.

1839 T. De Quincey 2nd Paper on Murder in Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 661/2 My correspondent may have..bespoke a murder.

b. To stipulate or ask for (a favour or the like).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > demand

calla1300

yeiec1320

to ask account?c1450

to call for ——1479

demand1484

inquirea1513

expostulate1548

advocatea1575

to stand upon ——1577

postulate1605

to stand on ——1606

bespeak1677

to put (also place, call, etc.) in (or into) requisition1831

requisition1874

1677 Quest. conc. Oath of Alleg. 11 I must humbly bespeak your pardon.

1786 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 69 I bespeak, beforehand, a right to indulge my natural incredulity.

1818 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 33 54 With the view..of bespeaking a friendly reception for himself.

1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. xxiv. 572 Whose patience I have to bespeak.

†c. To request or engage (a person) to do (something). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > a person to do something

crave?c1225

seek1362

requirec1380

aska1400

require1415

to call upon ——a1450

will?1457

requestc1485

bespeaka1616

beg1675

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 234 Then fairely I bespoke the Officer To go in person with me to my house.

1667 S. Pepys Diary 28 Sept. (1974) VIII. 454 Who I feared did come to bespeak me to be godfather to his son.

1670 I. Walton Life G. Herbert 41 in Lives I must..bespeak the Reader to prepare for an almost incredible story.

a1763 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery (1764) III. 80 I was bespoke..to attend a woman in her first child.

6. To speak to (a person), to address. (Now chiefly poetic.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > addressing or speaking to > speak to or address [verb (transitive)]

speakc950

beclepec1220

enreason1297

saluec1300

calla1325

clepe1362

to speak on ——?1370

salutec1380

to call upon ——c1405

escry1483

assaya1522

treatc1540

accost1567

encounter1578

bespeaka1593

affront1598

parley1611

address1683

chin-chin1817

chat1898

a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. C4 My gentle lord, bespeake these nobles fair.

1597 North. Mothers Bless. xiii When folks thee bespeaken curtesly hem grete.

1677 M. Hale Contempl. ii. 124 From this high Mountain he bespeaks Mankind.

1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. Luke xxiii. 31 These..Christ thus bespoke, Weep not for me, but for your selves.

1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxiv. 507 Medon first th' assembled chiefs bespoke.

1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad II. xv. 75 The Father of immortals..Frowned upon Juno and bespake her thus.

a. To speak of, tell of, be the outward expression of; to indicate, give evidence of.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > [verb (transitive)]

tokenc888

sayOE

tellc1175

note?c1225

signifyc1275

notifyc1390

signc1390

ossc1400

testify1445

point1477

betoken1486

indike?1541

demonstrate1558

to give show of1567

argue1585

portend1590

speak1594

denotate1597

denote1597

evidence1610

instance1616

bespeak1629

resent1638

indict1653

notificate1653

indicate1706

exhibit1799

to body forth1821

signalize1825

to speak for ——1832

index1862

signal1866

1629 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. (ed. 5) xx. sig. E2^v His very countenance and gesture bespeak how much he is.

1673 J. Flavell Fountain of Life viii. 82 Long preparations bespeak the..greatness of the work.

1778 H. More Florio ii. 184 Gorgeous banquets oft bespeak A hungry household all the week.

1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion i. 42 But her House Bespake a sleepy hand of negligence.

1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters iii. 65 Hamlet's proneness to soliloquy bespeaks the reflective man.

b. with complement.

ΚΠ

a1704 T. Brown Oration in Praise Drunkenness in Wks. (1707) I. i. 47 Such whose smiling Aspect bespeaks them Friends.

1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. xxxii. 128 Did that bespeak me cruel?

1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 18 Symptoms bespeaking me rash.

c. To tell of or betoken beforehand; to prognosticate, augur.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > predict, foretell [verb (transitive)]

fore-sayc900

bodeOE

before-sayOE

before-tella1382

foretella1400

prognostica1400

tella1400

prenosticate?a1475

prenostic1477

prognosticatec1487

forespeak1489

prognostify1495

foreshow1561

prenunce1563

presage1569

boden1573

forewarn1582

predict1590

forehalsen1594

foresignify1597

prognosticon1602

predivine1607

forespell1611

predicate1623

prenuntiate1623

preadmonish1644

forebode1664

prediction1665

prenotea1711

bespeak1721

pre-announce1793

prophesize1848

to call for ——1895

pick1909

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > portend, betoken [verb (transitive)]

betokenc1275

bode1387

prognostica1400

pretend1402

prognosticate?a1425

ossc1450

importc1487

prognostify1495

protendc1554

presage1562

abode1573

boden1573

denounce1581

importune1590

prejudicate1595

foretoken1598

ominate1598

auspicate1604

divine1607

foredeem1612

warranta1616

augur1630

preaugurate1635

prewarna1637

prenote1641

preominate1646

forespeak1667

omen1697

betidea1799

bespeak1851

1721 E. Young Revenge iii. i Anguish, and groans, and death bespeak to-morrow.

a1745 J. Swift Examiner 44 in Wks. (1958) III. 168 They started fears, bespoke dangers, and formed ominous prognosticks.

1851 N. Hawthorne Snow Image (1879) 167 Circumstances that bespeak war and danger.

†d. (as preceding with reverse construction.) Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. vi. III. 511 My tongue is so farre from bespeaking such lands with any ill successe.

†e. To bear witness, to declare to. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)]

witne?c1225

witnessa1300

testimonyc1330

record1340

testify1393

depose1529

detest1562

voucher1609

voucha1616

evidence1620

bespeak1674

rap1728

assert1821

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 144 We have..only reason to bespeak us, that bulk has a least part.

†8. To speak (a person) into some state. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > cause to become by speaking

bespeak1604

worda1629

speak1684

1604 Meeting of Gallants 19 How a young fellow was even bespoke and jested to death by harlots.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	bespeak
释义	bespeakn. /bɪˈspiːk/ Etymology: < bespeak v. 1. A bespeaking; esp. the bespeaking of a particular play to be performed; hence, a benefit night, when the actor's friends and patrons choose the play. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > other types of play king play1469 king game1504 historya1509 chronicle history1600 monology1608 horseplaya1627 piscatory1631 stock play1708 petite pièce1712 mimic1724 ballad opera1730 ballad farce1735 benefit-play1740 potboiler1783 monodrama1793 extravaganza1797 theo-drama1801 monodrame1803 proverb1803 stock piece1804 bespeak1807 ticket-night1812 dramaticle1813 monopolylogue1819 pièce d'occasion1830 interlude1831 mimea1834 costume piece1834 mummers' play1849 history play1850 gag-piece1860 music drama1874 well-made1881 playlet1884 two-decker1884 slum1885 kinderspiel1886 thrill1886 knockabout1887 two-hander1888 front-piece1889 thriller1889 shadow-play1890 mime play1894 problem play1894 one-acter1895 sex play1899 chronicle drama1902 thesis-play1902 star vehicle1904 folk-play1905 radio play1908 tab1915 spy play1919 one-act1920 pièce à thèse1923 dance-drama1924 a mess of plottage1926 turkey1927 weepie1928 musical1930 cliffhanger1931 mime drama1931 triangle drama1931 weeper1934 spine-chiller1940 starrer1941 scorcher1942 teleplay1947 straw-hatter1949 pièce noire1951 pièce rose1951 tab show1951 conversation piece1952 psychodrama1956 whydunit1968 mystery play1975 State of the Nation1980 1807 A. Holbrook Mem. Actress 24 The first families in the neighbourhood, who had come to attend a bespeak that evening. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxiv. 229 On her bespeak night... The night of her bespeak. Her benefit night, when her friends and patrons bespeak the play. 1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am lii. 347 He had given his bespeak to the theatre, and Mr. Montmorency was to act Claude Melnotte. 2. An application made to a lending library for the loan of a book when it shall become available. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > library or collection of books > library, place, or institution > [noun] > lending library application for loan of book bespeak1922 1922 Glasgow Herald 28 Dec. 9 In the past year the number of ‘bespeaks’ was 4153, an increase of 650 on the previous year. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bespeakv. /bɪˈspiːk/ Forms: Past tense bespoke, and (arch). bespake. Past participle bespoken, bespoke. For other forms see speak n. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Common West Germanic: Old English bi- , besprecan = Old Saxon bisprecan (Dutch bespreken ), Old High German bisprehhan (Middle High German and modern German besprechen ), < bi- , be- prefix + sprecan (specan ) to speak v. 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- prefix. I. intransitive. †1. To call out, exclaim, complain that. Only Old English. ΚΠ c893 tr. Orosius Hist. i. x. §6 Hu ungemetlice ge Romware bemurcniað & besprecað þæt, etc. c893 tr. Orosius Hist. ii. iv. §7 Ond nu ure Cristne Roma bespricð þæt..etc. †2. a. To speak up or out, to exclaim: originally with some notion of objection or remonstrance; in later times, simply, to raise one's voice, to speak. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] matheleOE speakc888 spellc888 yedc888 i-quethec900 reirdOE meldOE meleOE quidOE i-meleOE wordOE to open one's mouth (also lips)OE mootOE spellc1175 carpa1240 spilec1275 bespeakc1314 adda1382 mella1400 moutha1400 utter?a1400 lalec1400 nurnc1400 parlec1400 talkc1400 to say forthc1405 rekea1450 to say on1487 nevena1500 quinch1511 quetch1530 queckc1540 walk1550 cant1567 twang1602 articulate1615 tella1616 betalk1622 sermocinate1623 to give tongue1737 jaw1748 to break stillness1768 outspeaka1788 to give mouth1854 larum1877 to make noises1909 verbal1974 c1314 Guy Warw. 185 Than bispac Otous of Pavi, To Gii he bar gret envie. c1440 Erle Tolous 877 Then bespake an olde Knyght, Y have wondur, be goddys myght, That syr Autore thus was bestedd. c1500 Debate Carpenter's Tools in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1987) 38 459 Than bespake þe polyff With gret strong wordys and styffe. a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. G The earle of Penbrooke mildlie thus bespake; ‘My lords,’ etc. 1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn vi, in Poems 4 Untill their Lord himself bespake, and bid them go. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ii. 201 And thus the chief bespake. †b. quasi-transitive. rare. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] speakc825 queatheOE forthdoc900 i-seggenc900 sayeOE speak971 meleOE quidOE spella1000 forthbringc1000 givec1175 warpa1225 mootc1225 i-schirea1250 upbringa1250 outsay?c1250 spilec1275 talec1275 wisea1300 crackc1315 nevena1325 cast1330 rehearsec1330 roundc1330 spend1362 carpa1375 sermona1382 to speak outc1384 usea1387 minc1390 pronouncea1393 lancec1400 mellc1400 nurnc1400 slingc1400 tellc1400 wordc1400 yelpc1400 worka1425 utterc1444 outspeakc1449 yielda1450 arecchec1460 roose?a1475 cutc1525 to come forth with1532 bubble1536 prolate1542 report1548 prolocute1570 bespeak1579 wield1581 upbraid1587 up with (also mid) ——1594 name1595 upbrayc1600 discoursea1616 tonguea1616 to bring out1665 voice1665 emit1753 lip1789 to out with1802 pitch1811 go1836 to open one's head1843 vocabulize1861 shoot1915 verbal1920 be1982 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. Whatever that good old man bespake. II. transitive. †3. To speak against: to charge, accuse; oppose. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (transitive)] edwitec825 witec893 accuseOE bespeaka1000 forwrayOE atwiteOE blamea1300 impugn1377 publishc1384 defamea1387 appeach1430 becryc1440 surmisea1485 arguea1522 infame1531 insimulate1532 note1542 tax1548 resperse1551 finger-point1563 chesoun1568 touch1570 disclaim1590 impeach1590 intent1613 question1620 accriminate1641 charge1785 cheek1877 a1000 Laws of Ethelb. ii. 8 (Bosw.) Hit besprecen biþ. a1000 Lambeth Psalter xliii. 17 Fram stefne besprecendre. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 524 He was of churche inome, tho clergie bispek it vaste. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1444 And sge ne bi-swac him neuere a del. †4. To speak about: a. To discuss, advise upon, determine upon. (Also intransitive with infinitive of purpose.) ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse with [verb (transitive)] > discuss or confer about bespeakc1175 roundc1275 talka1387 discuss1402 commune1423 common1435 discutec1440 ventilate?1530 discourse1546 confer1552 consult?1553 imparlc1600 parle1631 conjobble1692 to talk over1734 chew1939 punt1945 to kick about1966 the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > confer, consult, or deliberate roundc1275 to speak togetherc1275 to take counselc1290 counsel1297 treat1297 advisea1393 communea1393 to take deliberationc1405 common1416 to put (also bring, lay, set, etc.) their (also our, your) heads togetherc1425 janglec1440 bespeak1489 parliamenta1492 intercommonc1540 confer1545 parle1558 consult1565 imparl1572 break parle1594 handle1596 emparley1600 to confer notes1650 to compare notes1709 powwow1780 to get together1816 palaver1877 c1175 Lamb. Hom. 91 Heo bispeken heom bitweonen þet heo walden ibuȝen. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 200 Þo þys was syker & byspeke. c1300 K. Alis. 94 Wel thrytty ygedred beoth, And byspekith al his deth. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iv. ix. 250 She hathe traytted or bespoken for to make hym dey other by poyson or by som other secrete dethe. †b. To promise. Obsolete. rare. (German versprechen.) ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise or vow [verb (transitive)] swearc825 hightOE behighta1000 behestc1175 bespeakc1320 queatha1325 vow1338 avowc1374 undertakec1385 forhighta1400 forsweara1400 hest14.. promitc1422 promise1430 protest1430 to swear outa1440 to swear to ——1598 pollicitate1657 c1320 Cast. Loue 221 For so hit was to Adam bi-speke, And God nolde no forward breke. 5. a. To speak for; to arrange for, engage beforehand; to ‘order’ (goods). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > make preparations for (an event, etc.) apparelc1314 purveya1382 prevenea1522 bespeak1582 providea1616 forespeak1659 formel1673 to set the stage1937 organize1952 to set up1965 society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (transitive)] > order > custom-order forespeak1659 steem1674 bespeak1688 engage1760 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 43 Theare doe lye great kingdooms..bespoken For the. 1606 Returne from Pernassus iii. v. sig. F^v A lodging bespoken for him..in newgate. 1688 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. ii. 367. IV. 143 The six thousand pair of Shoes which he bispoke at Exeter. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 16. ⁋2 She bespoke the Play of Alexander the Great, to be acted by the Company of Strollers. 1712 J. Arbuthnot Law is Bottomless-pit i. 6 His Tradesmen..waited upon him to ..bespeak his Custom. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §255 A new set of chains was bespoke. 1839 T. De Quincey 2nd Paper on Murder in Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 661/2 My correspondent may have..bespoke a murder. b. To stipulate or ask for (a favour or the like). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > demand calla1300 yeiec1320 to ask account?c1450 to call for ——1479 demand1484 inquirea1513 expostulate1548 advocatea1575 to stand upon ——1577 postulate1605 to stand on ——1606 bespeak1677 to put (also place, call, etc.) in (or into) requisition1831 requisition1874 1677 Quest. conc. Oath of Alleg. 11 I must humbly bespeak your pardon. 1786 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 69 I bespeak, beforehand, a right to indulge my natural incredulity. 1818 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 33 54 With the view..of bespeaking a friendly reception for himself. 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. xxiv. 572 Whose patience I have to bespeak. †c. To request or engage (a person) to do (something). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > a person to do something crave?c1225 seek1362 requirec1380 aska1400 require1415 to call upon ——a1450 will?1457 requestc1485 bespeaka1616 beg1675 a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 234 Then fairely I bespoke the Officer To go in person with me to my house. View more context for this quotation 1667 S. Pepys Diary 28 Sept. (1974) VIII. 454 Who I feared did come to bespeak me to be godfather to his son. 1670 I. Walton Life G. Herbert 41 in Lives I must..bespeak the Reader to prepare for an almost incredible story. a1763 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery (1764) III. 80 I was bespoke..to attend a woman in her first child. 6. To speak to (a person), to address. (Now chiefly poetic.) ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > addressing or speaking to > speak to or address [verb (transitive)] speakc950 beclepec1220 enreason1297 saluec1300 calla1325 clepe1362 to speak on ——?1370 salutec1380 to call upon ——c1405 escry1483 assaya1522 treatc1540 accost1567 encounter1578 bespeaka1593 affront1598 parley1611 address1683 chin-chin1817 chat1898 a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. C4 My gentle lord, bespeake these nobles fair. 1597 North. Mothers Bless. xiii When folks thee bespeaken curtesly hem grete. 1677 M. Hale Contempl. ii. 124 From this high Mountain he bespeaks Mankind. 1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. Luke xxiii. 31 These..Christ thus bespoke, Weep not for me, but for your selves. 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxiv. 507 Medon first th' assembled chiefs bespoke. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad II. xv. 75 The Father of immortals..Frowned upon Juno and bespake her thus. 7. a. To speak of, tell of, be the outward expression of; to indicate, give evidence of. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > [verb (transitive)] tokenc888 sayOE tellc1175 note?c1225 signifyc1275 notifyc1390 signc1390 ossc1400 testify1445 point1477 betoken1486 indike?1541 demonstrate1558 to give show of1567 argue1585 portend1590 speak1594 denotate1597 denote1597 evidence1610 instance1616 bespeak1629 resent1638 indict1653 notificate1653 indicate1706 exhibit1799 to body forth1821 signalize1825 to speak for ——1832 index1862 signal1866 1629 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. (ed. 5) xx. sig. E2^v His very countenance and gesture bespeak how much he is. 1673 J. Flavell Fountain of Life viii. 82 Long preparations bespeak the..greatness of the work. 1778 H. More Florio ii. 184 Gorgeous banquets oft bespeak A hungry household all the week. 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion i. 42 But her House Bespake a sleepy hand of negligence. View more context for this quotation 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters iii. 65 Hamlet's proneness to soliloquy bespeaks the reflective man. b. with complement. ΚΠ a1704 T. Brown Oration in Praise Drunkenness in Wks. (1707) I. i. 47 Such whose smiling Aspect bespeaks them Friends. 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. xxxii. 128 Did that bespeak me cruel? 1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 18 Symptoms bespeaking me rash. c. To tell of or betoken beforehand; to prognosticate, augur. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > predict, foretell [verb (transitive)] fore-sayc900 bodeOE before-sayOE before-tella1382 foretella1400 prognostica1400 tella1400 prenosticate?a1475 prenostic1477 prognosticatec1487 forespeak1489 prognostify1495 foreshow1561 prenunce1563 presage1569 boden1573 forewarn1582 predict1590 forehalsen1594 foresignify1597 prognosticon1602 predivine1607 forespell1611 predicate1623 prenuntiate1623 preadmonish1644 forebode1664 prediction1665 prenotea1711 bespeak1721 pre-announce1793 prophesize1848 to call for ——1895 pick1909 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > portend, betoken [verb (transitive)] betokenc1275 bode1387 prognostica1400 pretend1402 prognosticate?a1425 ossc1450 importc1487 prognostify1495 protendc1554 presage1562 abode1573 boden1573 denounce1581 importune1590 prejudicate1595 foretoken1598 ominate1598 auspicate1604 divine1607 foredeem1612 warranta1616 augur1630 preaugurate1635 prewarna1637 prenote1641 preominate1646 forespeak1667 omen1697 betidea1799 bespeak1851 1721 E. Young Revenge iii. i Anguish, and groans, and death bespeak to-morrow. a1745 J. Swift Examiner 44 in Wks. (1958) III. 168 They started fears, bespoke dangers, and formed ominous prognosticks. 1851 N. Hawthorne Snow Image (1879) 167 Circumstances that bespeak war and danger. †d. (as preceding with reverse construction.) Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. vi. III. 511 My tongue is so farre from bespeaking such lands with any ill successe. †e. To bear witness, to declare to. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] witne?c1225 witnessa1300 testimonyc1330 record1340 testify1393 depose1529 detest1562 voucher1609 voucha1616 evidence1620 bespeak1674 rap1728 assert1821 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 144 We have..only reason to bespeak us, that bulk has a least part. †8. To speak (a person) into some state. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > cause to become by speaking bespeak1604 worda1629 speak1684 1604 Meeting of Gallants 19 How a young fellow was even bespoke and jested to death by harlots. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1807v.c893
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