<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object)</li><li>bespoke or (Archaic) bespake</li><li>bespoken or bespoke</li><li>bespeaking</li><li>to ask for in advance: to bespeak the reader's patience.</li><li>to reserve beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for: to bespeak a seat in a theater.</li><li>Literary: to speak to; address.</li><li>to show; indicate: This bespeaks a kindly heart.</li><li>Obsolete: to foretell; forebode.</li></ul>