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bespeak

[ bih-speek ]

verb (used with object)

bespoke or (Archaic) bespake; bespoken or bespoke; bespeaking.
  1. to ask for in advance:

    to bespeak the reader's patience.

  2. to reserve beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for:

    to bespeak a seat in a theater.

  3. Literary. to speak to; address.
  4. to show; indicate:

    This bespeaks a kindly heart.

  5. Obsolete. to foretell; forebode.


bespeak

/ 产瑟藞蝉辫颈藧办 /

verb

  1. to engage, request, or ask for in advance
  2. to indicate or suggest

    this act bespeaks kindness

  3. poetic.
    to speak to; address
  4. archaic.
    to foretell
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of bespeak1

before 900; Middle English bespeken, Old English besprecan. See be-, speak
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But that bespeaks an arrogance the party will have to overcome if it鈥檚 going to stanch the bleeding among union and working-class voters.

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Strange and complicated rhythm structures and overheated harmonies, along with mystic bird calls in the piano all bespeak the magic of his young love.

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The award should go to 鈥淭he Zone of Interest,鈥 a brilliantly counterintuitive adaptation that bespeaks Jonathan Glazer鈥檚 seriousness and thoughtfulness at every turn.

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It also bespeaks a certain arrogance, the notion that voters can鈥檛 be trusted to make the right decision by rejecting Trump.

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Those who say they sleep well are a little bashful, as if their easy rest bespeaks a too-cosseted mind, a too-simple life.

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