bespeak
verb (used with object)
to ask for in advance.
had bespoken
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past perfectof bespeak.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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As we walked up toward our lodgings, we were met by Mr. Brunton, with the pleasing intelligence that those we had bespoken had been let, by some mistake, to another family.
From Records of a Girlhood by Fanny Kemble
His conduct had bespoken no willingness to put constraint upon her steps.
From Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Charles Brockden Brown
The Guardian-Mother was anchored in the deep water, and Lord Tremlyn invited the party to proceed to the apartments at the Royal Hotel which he had bespoken for them.
From Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East by Oliver Optic
La Signora Madeline Vicinironi, who, having no legs to stand on, had bespoken a sofa in his drawing-room!—who could she be?
From Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope
Restagnone accordingly returned to the two young men, who still importuned him amain to do that whereof he had bespoken them, and told them that, so far as concerned their mistresses, the matter was settled.
From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by John Payne
