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▪ I. bespeak, v. (bɪˈspiːk) Pa. tense bespoke, and (arch). -spake. Pa. pple. bespoken, bespoke. For other forms see speak. [Com. WGer.: OE. bi-, besprecan = OS. bisprecan (Du. bespreken), OHG. bisprehhan (MHG. and mod.G. besprechen), f. bi-, be- + sprecan (specan) to speak. The connexion of the sens...
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bespeak/bɪˈspi:k; bɪ`spik/ v(pt bespoke/ bɪˈspəuk; bɪ`spok/, pp bespoke or bespoken/ bɪˈspəukən; bɪ`spokən/) [Tn](dated or fml 旧或文) be evidence of (sth); indicate 证明(某事物); 表示 His polite manners bespoke the gentleman. 他那彬彬有礼的举止显出他是个绅士.
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Diva (José de Alencar novel)
He courted the girl, but being rejected during a waltz, left the halls to never bespeak Francisca again.
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Charles Morton (editor)
It does bespeak an author who wishes to sound witty, knowledgeable, and versatile. ... It can also bespeak an author who is merely pompous."
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bespeaker
beˈspeaker [f. bespeak v. + -er1.] He who or that which bespeaks.1624 Wotton Archit. (1672) 51 The Bespeaker of the Work. 1686 Goad Celest. Bodies i. xvii. 111 Infallible Bespeakers of a showre.
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Angelus (album)
The Milwaukee Sentinel determined that "Nascimento is the mourning dove of Brazilian singers, and he often lapses into keening chants that seem to bespeak
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bespoke
bespoke, ppl. a. (bɪˈspəʊk) [See bespeak v.] = bespoken ppl. a. 2; spec. of goods; ordered to be made, as distinguished from ready-made; also said of a tradesman who makes goods to order. Also n., a bespoke article.1755 Mrs. C. Charke Life 203 At length the bespoke Play was to be enacted. 1866 Chamb...
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Shanghai Breezes
Record World said that "Denver's light vocals and the playful keyboard accompaniment bespeak a refreshing childlike innocence."
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bespoken
bespoken, ppl. a. (bɪˈspəʊkən) Also bespoke ppl. a. [See bespeak v.] † 1. Spoken, of speech; as in well bespoken. Obs.1474 Caxton Chesse iii. vi. (1860) H iv b, The hostelers ought to be wel bespoken and curtoys of wordes. 1483 ― Gold. Leg. 387/4 A mayden wel bespoken. 2. Ordered, commissioned, arra...
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William Nott (bookbinder)
and there he carried me to Nott’s, the famous bookbinder, that bound for my Lord Chancellor’s library; and here I did take occasion for curiosity to bespeak
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steem
▪ I. † steem, n. Obs. Also 6 steeme. [Aphetic var. of esteem n. Cf. next. It is noteworthy that the first two examples are much earlier than any known instance of the fuller form.] Estimation, value.c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 98 Þat may þou here in sir Tristrem; ouer gestes it has þe steem...
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Experience (Jodie Christian album)
The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings stated: "Christian's decisive touch and complex but clear voicings bespeak a talent that has absorbed
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Dyslexicon
ever-present babble of raw noise just beneath the surface of Dyslexicon, but the vague cliches of the song titles—'Super Cool', 'Weird-Out', 'Whatever'—bespeak
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plumrock
plumrock, -rose Sc. corrupt ff. primrose.1787 Burns Let. W. Nicol 1 June, A new blawn plumrose in a hazle shaw. 1789 D. Davidson Seasons 1 Hail, lovely Spring! thy bonny lyart face, And head wi' plumrocks deck'd, bespeak the sun's Return.
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