- past tense form of bespeak.
bespake
Americanverb
Example Sentences
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No, his looks bespake no coldness; they dwelt upon Jacqueline's lovely but inscrutable face, with honest fervor and boundless regard.
From The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life by Green, Anna Katharine
Then bespake good Robin, In place where as he stood, "To-morrow, I must to Kirkesley Craftily to be let blood!"
From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various
Then bespake Cornwall King againe, These were the words said he.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
Then up bespake a little bird, That sat upon a tree: "Gae hame, gae hame, ye fause lady,35 And pay your maids their fee."
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
And then bespake him noble King Arthur, These were the words said hee: "I doe not know that comly King, 85 But once my selfe I did him see."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
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