bespeak
verb (used with object)
to ask for in advance.
have bespoken
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present perfectof bespeak.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"You cannot have the new carriage you have bespoken," said his lordship.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 03 by Maria Edgeworth
I have bespoken fair Peggy for mine, and I am sure Mobray, who is not yet returned, will ask you.
From Janice Meredith by Paul Leicester Ford
I have bespoken, sir, the civilities of your sisters, of your family: you forbid them not?
From The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) by Samuel Richardson
I have bespoken a Miscellany: what would you have me do more?
From The Journal to Stella by Jonathan Swift
In the mean time, half the tradesmen of Avignon, to say nothing of Aix, have bespoken caricatures of themselves by his hand.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 by
