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Definition of Bespeaks
1. bespeak [v] - See also: bespeak
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bespeaks
Literary usage of Bespeaks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, from the Best Writers by Lindley Murray (1826)
"They touch our country, and their shackles fall* That's noble, and bespeaks a
nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate ..."
2. Thirty Years' View; Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1854)
"... in a spirit which bespeaks a zeal quickened by the sting of personal mortification.
He says the country feels itself deceived and betrayed—insulted and ..."
3. The Theological and Literary Journal (1854)
"... and urges his argument with an air of assurance and triumph that bespeaks a
wild hallucination, rather than sobriety of mind. ..."
4. Switzerland: Or, A Journal of a Tour and Residence in that Country, in the by Louis Simond (1823)
"... by a sort of timorous policy of despotism, artificial, troublesome, and costly,
which bespeaks weakness, and provokes danger, instead of averting it; ..."
5. The Principles and Law of Tithing: Adapted to the Instruction and by Francis Plowden (1806)
"This also bespeaks the infrequency of tithe causes then going into that court.
And in the before mentioned case of Travis v. ..."
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