bespeak

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bespeak/bɪˈspiːk/

▶verb (past bespoke; past part. bespoken)

• 1 be evidence of.

• 2 order or reserve in advance.

• 3 archaic speak to.

– origin OE bisprecan ‘speak out’ (see be-, speak), later ‘discuss, decide on’.