bespeak
verb /bɪˈspiːk/
/bɪˈspiːk/
(literary)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they bespeak | /bɪˈspiːk/ /bɪˈspiːk/ |
| he / she / it bespeaks | /bɪˈspiːks/ /bɪˈspiːks/ |
| past simple bespoke | /bɪˈspəʊk/ /bɪˈspəʊk/ |
| past participle bespoken | /bɪˈspəʊkən/ /bɪˈspəʊkən/ |
| -ing form bespeaking | /bɪˈspiːkɪŋ/ /bɪˈspiːkɪŋ/ |
- bespeak something to show or suggest something
- His style of dressing bespoke great self-confidence.
Word OriginOld English bisprecan ‘speak up, speak out’ (see be-, speak), later ‘discuss, decide on’, hence ‘order’.