Past tense of bespeak

Forms of bespeak

Bespoke and bespoken in a sentence

• Spurring his horse, he galloped down to the shore and bespoke them.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 23
• We agreed to build a bespoke UI for that one client, but it turned into a massive custom snowball when we realized our standard backend couldn't process the new inputs.From the entry custom snowball
• Its mission is to protect and promote the art of bespoke tailoring on The Row.2008, Mark Tungate, Branded Male: Marketing to Men, Kogan Page Publishers, →ISBN, page 51. From the entry row
• If whiteness bespoke purity and godliness, then poor white trash implied an ungodly, desacralized, polluted whiteness.2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 47. From the entry desacralize
• The sculptor Josh Hadar’s hybrid-powered hot rods and superstreamlined pedal cruisers bring new meaning to the word “bespoke.”2008 March 9, Sandra Ballentine, “Reinventing the Wheels”, in New York Times. From the entry superstreamlined

Meaning of bespeak

1. verb To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.
2. verb To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order, commission, reserve or arrange for something to be made in advance.
3. verb To stipulate, solicit, ask for, or request, as in a favour.

Full definition of bespeak

Verbs like bespeak

• break (broke)
• speak (spoke)
• wake (woke)

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Questions about the past tense of bespeak

What is the past tense of bespeak?

The past tense of bespeak is bespoke.

What is the past participle of bespeak?

The past participle of bespeak is bespoken.

Is bespeak a regular or irregular verb?

Bespeak is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.