Synonymer

Uttal

    • IPA: [bɪˈspiːk]

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Definitioner

Verb

  1. (transitive) To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.
  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.
  4. (transitive, archaic) To forbode; foretell.
  5. (transitive, archaic, poetic) To speak to; address.
  6. (transitive) To betoken; show; indicate; foretell; suggest.
  7. (intransitive) To speak up or out; exclaim; speak.

Substantiv

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

Exempel

  • But to bespeak of a love, heavily weighed upon a heart, toward someone opposing those sentiments encourages foolish and embarrassing repercussions he will never know about.
  • to bespeak a seat in a theatre
  • concluding, naturally, that to gratify his avarice was to bespeak his favour
  • to bespeak a calm hearing;  I bespeak your patience in advance.
  • He thus the queen bespoke.
  • This act bespeaks his kindness.
  • [They] bespoke dangers[...]in order to scare the allies.
  • When the abbot of St. Martin was born, he had so little the figure of a man that it bespoke him rather a monster.
  • This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[...]He was smooth-faced, and his fresh skin and well-developed figure bespoke the man in good physical condition through active exercise, yet well content with the world's apportionment.
  • "By the bye, I've been thinking of bringing out that piece of yours on her bespeak night."
  • "When?", asked Nicholas.
  • "Oh! I understand", replied Nicholas.
  • "The night of her bespeak. Her benefit night. When her friends and patrons bespeak the play."

Böjningsformer

PerfektparticipbespokePerfektparticipbespoken
ImperfektbespokeImperfektbespake
PresensparticipbespeakingPluralbespeaks
Tredje person singular indicativ presensbespeaks