bespeak
verb (used with object)
to ask for in advance.
was bespeaking
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past progressiveof bespeak.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In this document, it will be noticed, Baudin was bespeaking from representatives of his country in their own colonies such consideration as he had experienced from his British hosts at Sydney.
From The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders by Scott, Ernest
