bespeak

Significado (Inglés)

Verb

1. (archaic, formal, transitive) To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.
2. (transitive) To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance.
3. (transitive) To stipulate, solicit, ask for, or request, as in a favour.
4. (archaic, transitive) To forbode; foretell.
5. (archaic, poetic, transitive) To speak to; address.
6. (transitive) To betoken; show; indicate; depict; foretell; suggest; allude to.
7. (intransitive) To speak up or out; exclaim; speak.

Noun

A request for a specific performance; a benefit performance, by a patron.

Sinónimos

request

betoken

call for

indicate

quest

point

lay claim to

betray

order

beg

signal

characterise

characterize

confirmation

demand

demonstration

denote

depict

derivation

describe

desire

disclose

distinguish

divulge

entreat

give away

inspection

necessitate

paint

petition

plead

plot

portray

postulate

probative

proof

prove

put in

reclaim

represent

reserve

reveal

sell out

solicit

squeal

sue

supplicate

take possession of

tap

testify

token

uncloak

uncover

unfold

unveil

want

warrant

whinge

witness

anoa

probatory

appeal

approve

ask

authenticate

beseech

blow

call

certificate

certification

certify

Traducións

indiquer

pedir

demander

réclamer

mitteilen

bestellen

appeler

exiger

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/bɪˈspiːk/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: bespeken

Herdado de Old English: *bespecan

Relativo a escocés: bespeke

Relativo a Saterfriesisch: bispreke

Relativo a frisón occidental: besprekke

Relativo a neerlandés: bespreken

Relativo a alemán: besprechen

In summary

From Middle English bespeken, bispeken, from Old English *bespecan, besprecan (“to speak about, speak against, accuse of, claim at law, complain”), from Proto-West Germanic *bisprekan (“to discuss, blame”), equivalent to be- + speak. Cognate with Scots bespeke (“to beseech, speak or negotiate with”), Saterland Frisian bispreke (“to discuss”), West Frisian besprekke (“to discuss”), Dutch bespreken (“to discuss, review, debate”), German besprechen (“to discuss, review, talk about”).