BESPOKE

bespoke, bespoken, made-to-order, tailored, tailor-made

(adjective) (of clothing) custom-made

BESPEAK

request, ask for, bespeak, call for, quest

(verb) express the need or desire for; “She requested an extra bed in her room”; “She called for room service”; “when you call, always ask for Mary”

bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal

(verb) be a signal for or a symptom of; “These symptoms indicate a serious illness”; “Her behavior points to a severe neurosis”; “The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

bespoke (not comparable)

Individually or custom made.

Relating to someone who makes custom-made products, especially clothing items.

Usage notes

Primarily used for tailoring, now also used more generally, as fancier term for custom-made, notably for software, as in a “bespoke solution”.

Synonyms

• See also: custom-made

• custom

• custom made

• purpose-built

• tailored

Verb

bespoke

simple past tense of bespeak

(archaic) past participle of bespeak

Source: Wiktionary

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Be*spoke",

Definition: imp. & p. p. of Bespeak.

BESPEAK

Be*speak", v. t. [imp. Bespoke, Bespake (Archaic); p. p. Bespoke, Bespoken (; p. pr. & vb. n. Bespeaking.] Etym: [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. Concluding, naturally, that to gratify his avarice was to bespeak his favor. Sir W. Scott.

2. To show beforehand; to foretell; to indicate. [They] bespoke dangers . . . in order to scare the allies. Swift.

3. To betoken; to show; to indicate by external marks or appearances. 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.

4. To speak to; to address. [Poetic] He thus the queen bespoke. Dryden.

Be*speak", v. i.

Definition: To speak. [Obs.] Milton.

Be*speak", n.

Definition: A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.) "The night of her bespeak." Dickens.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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