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Bespeak

/bɪˈspiːk/

A request for a specific performance; a benefit performance, by a patron.

📖 Definitions of "Bespeak"

noun
  1. 1

    A request for a specific performance; a benefit performance, by a patron.

verb
  1. 1

    To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.

  2. 2

    To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance.

  3. 3

    To stipulate, solicit, ask for, or request, as in a favour.

    "to bespeak a calm hearing;  I bespeak your patience in advance."

  4. 4

    To forbode; foretell.

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