Bespeak

imp. Bespoke; p. p. Bespoke; p. pr. & vb. n. Bespeaking

1. To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor. (Archaic)

   Concluding, naturally, that to gratify his avarice was to bespeak his favor.

2. To show beforehand; to foretell; to indicate.

   [They] bespoke dangers . . . in order to scare the allies.

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.

4. To speak to; to address. [Poetic]

   He thus the queen bespoke.

1. To speak. [Obs.]

1. A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.)