Bespeak

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To be or give a sign of; indicate. See Synonyms at indicate.
  • v. To engage, hire, or order in advance. See Synonyms at book.
  • v. To request: bespeak a favor.
  • v. To foretell; portend: fearful weapons that bespeak great loss of life.
  • v. Archaic To speak to; address.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.
  • v. To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance.
  • v. To stipulate, solicit, ask for, or request, as in a favour.
  • v. To forbode; foretell.
  • v. To speak to; address.
  • v. To betoken; show; indicate; foretell; suggest.
  • v. To speak up or out; exclaim; speak.
  • n. A request for a specific performance; a benefit performance, by a patron.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time.
  • v. To show beforehand; to foretell; to indicate.
  • v. To betoken; to show; to indicate by external marks or appearances.
  • v. To speak to; to address.
  • verb-intransitive. To speak.
  • n. A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.)
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for: as, to bespeak a place in a theater.
  • To stipulate, solicit, or ask for, as a favor: as, to bespeak a calm hearing.
  • To forebode; foretell.
  • To speak to; address.
  • To betoken; show; indicate, as by signs.
  • To speak up or out; exclaim; speak.
  • n. Among actors in Great Britain, a benefit: so called from the bespeaking of patronage by the actors, or of the play by the patrons. See benefit, 5.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. be a signal for or a symptom of
  • v. express the need or desire for; ask for
  • Verb Form
    bespeaking    bespeaks    bespoke    bespoken   
    Variant
    bespoken    bespoke   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    foretell    indicate    betoken    show    address    speak    engage    order   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
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