bespeak

verb

🔊/bɪˈspiːk/

(literary)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they bespeak	🔊/bɪˈspiːk/ 🔊/bɪˈspiːk/
he / she / it bespeaks	🔊/bɪˈspiːks/ 🔊/bɪˈspiːks/
past simple bespoke	🔊/bɪˈspəʊk/ 🔊/bɪˈspəʊk/
past participle bespoken	🔊/bɪˈspəʊkən/ 🔊/bɪˈspəʊkən/
-ing form bespeaking	🔊/bɪˈspiːkɪŋ/ 🔊/bɪˈspiːkɪŋ/

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bespeak something to show or suggest something展现；显示
- His style of dressing bespoke great self-confidence.他的衣着风格显得十分自信。🔊🔊
Topics Suggestions and advicec2
Word OriginOld English bisprecan ‘speak up, speak out’ (see be-, speak), later ‘discuss, decide on’, hence ‘order’.