ALL meanings of bespeak
be·speak
B b - verb bespeak If someone's action or behaviour bespeaks a particular quality, feeling, or experience, it shows that quality, feeling, or experience. 3
- verb bespeak to engage, request, or ask for in advance 3
- verb bespeak to indicate or suggest 3
- verb bespeak to speak to; address 3
- verb bespeak to foretell 3
- verb transitive bespeak to speak for in advance; engage beforehand; reserve 3
- verb transitive bespeak to be indicative of; show 3
- verb transitive bespeak to foreshadow; point to 3
- transitive verb bespeak tell of, indicate 1
- verb with object bespeak to ask for in advance: to bespeak the reader's patience. 1
- verb with object bespeak to reserve beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for: to bespeak a seat in a theater. 1
- verb with object bespeak Literary. to speak to; address. 1
- verb with object bespeak to show; indicate: This bespeaks a kindly heart. 1
- verb with object bespeak Obsolete. to foretell; forebode. 1
- noun bespeak A request for a specific performance; a benefit performance, by a patron. 0
- verb bespeak (Transitive Verb) To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss. 0
- verb bespeak (Transitive Verb) To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance. 0
- verb bespeak (Transitive Verb) To stipulate, solicit, ask for, or request, as in a favour. 0
- verb bespeak (Transitive Verb) (archaic) To forbode; foretell. 0
- verb bespeak (Transitive Verb) (archaic, poetic) To speak to; address. 0
- verb bespeak (Transitive Verb) To betoken; show; indicate; foretell; suggest. 0
- verb bespeak (Intransitive Verb) To speak up or out; exclaim; speak. 0