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Synonyms for bespoke

Grammar : Verb
Spell : bih-spohk
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈspoʊk

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Définition of bespoke

Origin :
  • "custom or custom-made, made to order," of goods, as distinguished from ready-made, 1755, the same sense found earlier in bespoken (c.1600), past participle of bespeak, in a sense of "to speak for, to arrange beforehand," a sense attested in bespeak from 1580s. Now usually of tailored suits.
  • verb indicate
Example sentences :
  • Here all looked peaceful, and bespoke comfort and contentedness.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • The unaccustomed action was significant; it bespoke a passionate loyalty.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • But his figure was no longer that which bespoke the magician, and which Edwin had already seen.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • It opens so abruptly and oddly, that attention is bespoke from the first line.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 » by Various
  • It was an English family had arrived that morning who bespoke them.
  • Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • This bespoke insight and self-knowledge, by which he surpassed Colet.
  • Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
  • Of the three only the clergyman had a name which bespoke Anglo-Saxon ancestry.
  • Extract from : « The Thunders of Silence » by Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
  • “Here it ends then,” said he, one day at the council-table, rising as bespoke.
  • Extract from : « The Hour and the Man » by Harriet Martineau
  • They flexed their compelling muscles before her and bespoke her for the dance.
  • Extract from : « The Four Million » by O. Henry
  • John bespoke the needs of the community by which Oyler was surrounded.
  • Extract from : « The New Education » by Scott Nearing

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