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bespeech

verb

Etymology

From be- (“on; at”) + speech.

  1. derived from *spereg-✻
  2. inherited from *sprāku✻
  3. inherited from spǣċ
  4. inherited from speche
  5. prefixed as bespeech — “be + speech”

Definitions

  1. To address in speech

    • When James the First had once bespeeched his parliament, Bishop Williams, Keeper of the Great Seal, added — that, after his Majesty's divinum et immortale dictum, he would not dare mortale aliquid addere.
    • [...] his best bow followed, and then he proceeded to bespeech the great personage.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA