bespoken, betrothed
(adjective) pledged to be married; âthe engaged coupleâ
bespoke, bespoken, made-to-order, tailored, tailor-made
(adjective) (of clothing) custom-made
request, ask for, bespeak, call for, quest
(verb) express the need or desire for; âShe requested an extra bed in her roomâ; âShe called for room serviceâ; âwhen you call, always ask for Maryâ
bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
(verb) be a signal for or a symptom of; âThese symptoms indicate a serious illnessâ; âHer behavior points to a severe neurosisâ; âThe economic indicators signal that the euro is undervaluedâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bespoken
past participle of bespeak
bespoken (not comparable)
(obsolete) betrothed or engaged to be married (compare with: spoken for)
Source: Wiktionary
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
7 January 2025
(adverb) in an uninformative manner; ââI canât tell you when the manager will arrive,â he said rather uninformativelyâ
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