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| Unbespeak | v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + bespeak. ] To unsay; hence, to annul or cancel. [ Obs. ] Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Bespeak | v. t. [ imp. Bespoke Bespake (Archaic); p. p. Bespoke, Bespoken p. pr. & vb. n. Bespeaking. ] [ OE. bispeken, AS. besprecan, to speak to, accuse; pref. be- + sprecan to speak. See Speak. ] 1. To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor. [ 1913 Webster ] Concluding, naturally, that to gratify his avarice was to bespeak his favor. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To show beforehand; to foretell; to indicate. [ 1913 Webster ] [ They ] bespoke dangers . . . in order to scare the allies. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To betoken; to show; to indicate by external marks or appearances. [ 1913 Webster ] When the abbot of St. Martin was born, he had so little the figure of a man that it bespoke him rather a monster. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. To speak to; to address. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ] He thus the queen bespoke. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Bespeak | v. i. To speak. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Bespeak | n. A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.) “The night of her bespeak.” Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Bespeaker | n. One who bespeaks. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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| | bespeak | (บิสพีค') { bespoke, bespoke, bespeaking, bespeaks } vt., n. (การ) ถามหา, กล่าว, ว่า, แสดงให้เห็น, บอกล่วงหน้า, จองล่วงหน้า, ขอร้อง, Syn. indicate, Ant. negate |
| | bespeak | (vt) สั่งล่วงหน้า, บอกล่วงหน้า, แสดงว่าเป็น, ถามหา |
| | | | | | Bespeak | v. t. [ imp. Bespoke Bespake (Archaic); p. p. Bespoke, Bespoken p. pr. & vb. n. Bespeaking. ] [ OE. bispeken, AS. besprecan, to speak to, accuse; pref. be- + sprecan to speak. See Speak. ] 1. To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor. [ 1913 Webster ] Concluding, naturally, that to gratify his avarice was to bespeak his favor. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To show beforehand; to foretell; to indicate. [ 1913 Webster ] [ They ] bespoke dangers . . . in order to scare the allies. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To betoken; to show; to indicate by external marks or appearances. [ 1913 Webster ] When the abbot of St. Martin was born, he had so little the figure of a man that it bespoke him rather a monster. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. To speak to; to address. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ] He thus the queen bespoke. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Bespeak | v. i. To speak. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Bespeak | n. A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.) “The night of her bespeak.” Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Bespeaker | n. One who bespeaks. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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