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Antonyms for bespeak

Grammar : Verb
Spell : bih-speek
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈspik


Definition of bespeak

Origin :
  • Old English besprecan "speak about, speak against, complain," from be- + sprecan "to speak" (see speak). A common Germanic compound (cf. Old Saxon bisprecan, Dutch bespreken, Old High German bisprehhan, German besprechen); originally "to call out," it evolved a wide range of meaning in English, including "speak up," "oppose," "request," "discuss, "arrange," and "to order (goods)" (1580s).
  • The connection of the senses is very loose; some of them appear to have arisen quite independently of each other from different applications of BE- pref. [OED]
  • verb indicate
Example sentences :
  • As he said this, he held up his hand to bespeak Martin's attention.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • Was there one, even one, whose counsel he could ask, or whose assistance he could bespeak?
  • Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
  • I hate to tell you, but as I wish to bespeak your kind offices, I must do so.
  • Extract from : « The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton » by Wardon Allan Curtis
  • The reply of Ossaroo did not bespeak any very sanguine hope on his part.
  • Extract from : « The Cliff Climbers » by Captain Mayne Reid
  • The colour of his skin, with the moustache, bespeak him a white man, and not an Indian.
  • Extract from : « The Lone Ranche » by Captain Mayne Reid
  • Please to bespeak something else; I have everything in the house.
  • Extract from : « The Beaux-Stratagem » by George Farquhar
  • They bespeak more than concerns the interests of our country.
  • Extract from : « Fiesco or, The Genoese Conspiracy » by Friedrich Schiller
  • These words are favorable; but do they bespeak actions of equal import?
  • Extract from : « Fiesco or, The Genoese Conspiracy » by Friedrich Schiller
  • The features, and formation of skull, bespeak Tartar extraction.
  • Extract from : « Kalli, the Esquimaux Christian » by Thomas Boyles Murray
  • Let them speak now: let them bespeak themselves in weekday terms.
  • Extract from : « The Rainbow » by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

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