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[ UK /bɪspˈiːk/ ]
[ US /bɪˈspik/ ]
VERB
  1. express the need or desire for
    She called for room service
    when you call, always ask for Mary
    She requested an extra bed in her room
  2. be a signal for or a symptom of
    The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued
    Her behavior points to a severe neurosis
    These symptoms indicate a serious illness

How To Use bespeak In A Sentence

  • The door opens onto a stunning, high ceilinged, light-filled apartment, its 17-foot-tall Austrian windows framed by the aforementioned black cast-iron arches, its finishes bespeaking a level of sumptuousness uncommon in the more cookie-cutter condos of the moderately rich. Opulently Hidden, In Plain Sight
  • This bespeaks a progressive, enlightened court, hardly stifling and revolt-inducing.
  • No one mentioned what I would have mentioned, which is anything bespeaking age, history, or architecture. The Fiddler in the Subway
  • Ticker tapes, blaring cable news network updates, and new advertising overlays all bespeak a bummed out bear market that never bounced back. Artifacts From the Future: Wall Street 2013 — Brother, Can You Spare a Yuan?
  • Ideal and absurd, they bespeak a wonderfully eccentric imagination.
  • For every community and every people, the seasons of our joy and sorrow bespeak our deepest values.
  • The brutal and inhuman methods of these organizations bespeak not liberation, but provocation.
  • So the Wazir repaired to the door of the kitchen and sat there a little while, till up came the black and would have entered the kitchen; but Shimas caught hold of him and said to him, “Dear my son, I would fain stand in presence of the King and speak with him of somewhat especially concerneth him; so prithee, of thy kindness, when he hath ended his undurn-meal and his temper is at its best, speak for me and get me leave to approach him, so I may bespeak him of that which shall suit him.” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
  • It requires the individual to communicate by word and sign his acceptance of the political ideas it thus bespeaks.
  • Many of these birds are lovingly restored, bespeaking the inordinate affections heaped upon them by proud owners.
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