bespeak
verb · nounB1Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Động từ
verb- 1.
(archaic, formal, transitive)(transitive, formal or archaic) To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.
[They] bespoke dangers […] in order to scare the allies.
Đồng nghĩa: betalk, chat, talk about, bechat, confer, bespeak, betalk, chat, discuss, moot, talk about, talk over, treat
- 2.
(transitive)To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance.
- 3.
(transitive)To stipulate, solicit, ask for, or request, as in a favour.
to bespeak a calm hearing
I bespeak your patience in advance.
- 4.
(archaic, transitive)To forbode; foretell.
- 5.
(archaic, poetic, transitive)To speak to; address.
- 6.
(transitive)To betoken; show; indicate; depict; foretell; suggest; allude to.
This act bespeaks his kindness.
- 7.
(intransitive)To speak up or out; exclaim; speak.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(archaic)A request for a specific performance; a benefit performance, by a patron.
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Nguồn gốc từ
From Middle English bespeken, bispeken, from Old English *bespecan, besprecan, from *bisprekan (to discuss, blame), from Proto-Germanic *bisprekaną (to speak about, discuss, blame), equivalent to be- + speak. Cognate with bespeke, bispreke, besprekke, bespreken, besprechen.