bespeak

tr.v., -spoke (-spōk'), -spo·ken (-spō'kən), or -spoke, -speak·ing, -speaks.

1. To be or give a sign of; indicate. See synonyms at indicate.
2. 1. To engage, hire, or order in advance. See synonyms at book.
   2. To request: bespeak a favor.
3. To foretell; portend: fearful weapons that bespeak great loss of life.
4. Archaic. To speak to; address.

[Middle English bispeken, to speak out, from Old English besprecan, to speak about.]

verb

1. To give grounds for believing in the existence or presence of: argue, attest, betoken, indicate, mark, point to, testify, witness. See show/hide.
2. To cause to be set aside, as for one's use, in advance: book, engage, reserve. See get/lose.
3. To talk to an audience formally: address, lecture, prelect, speak. See words.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: be a signal for or a symptom of
  Synonyms: betoken, indicate, point, signal

Meaning #2: express the need or desire for; ask for
  Synonyms: request, call for, quest

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - reservere, anmode om

Nederlands (Dutch)
getuigen van, bestellen, reserveren

Français (French)
v. tr. - commander (des marchandises), retenir, réserve

Deutsch (German)
v. - zeugen von, reservieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προπαραγγέλλω, καπαρώνω, υποδηλώνω, μαρτυρώ

Italiano (Italian)
rivelare, ordinare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - indicar, evidenciar

Русский (Russian)
резервировать, заказывать, свидетельствовать о чем-либо, предвещать что-либо

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - apalabrar, dirigir la palabra, indicar, encargar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - beställa, tinga på, vittna om

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
预定, 证明, 预约, 表示

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 預定, 證明, 預約, 表示

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 미리 부탁하다, 을 나타내다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 前もって求める, 予約する, あつらえる, 示す, 前兆である, 証拠となる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) طلب حجز, وصى على, دل على, شهد ب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮העיד על, הראה‬

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