bespoken
Americanverb
adjective
Other Word Forms
- unbespoken adjective
- well-bespoken adjective
Etymology
Origin of bespoken
1600–10 bespoken for def. 2
Example Sentences
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Some of next year’s Academy Awards are already bespoken.
From Los Angeles Times
Besides, I could not possibly take that course, as my great opera has been bespoken for Munich, and I have accepted the commission.
From Project Gutenberg
In the mean time Beethoven wrote several Sonatas and Quartetts, which were bespoken by various noble personages and publishers.
From Project Gutenberg
On one occasion they were refused admission on the ground that two grand English seigneurs had bespoken all the accommodation.
From Project Gutenberg
She would have become again only another piece of jewelry in a shop-window—beautiful, but not for him; beautiful, but already bespoken.
From Project Gutenberg
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