bespeak

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olla merkki jostakin puhekieltä To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.
2006, Janet Jaymes, Dirty Laundry: A Memoir:

But to bespeak of a love, heavily weighed upon a heart, toward someone opposing those sentiments encourages foolish and embarrassing repercussions he will never know about.

concluding, naturally, that to gratify his avarice was to bespeak his favour

I walked on into the village, with the desertion of this house upon my mind, and I found the landlord of the little inn, sanding his door-step. I bespoke breakfast, and broached the subject of the house.

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He thus the queen bespoke.

They bespoke dangers(..)in order to scare the allies.

When the abbot of St. Martin was born, he had so little the figure of a man that it bespoke him rather a monster.

This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.(..)He was smooth-faced, and his fresh skin and well-developed figure bespoke the man in good physical condition through active exercise, yet well content with the world's apportionment.

Are they telling your story vividly, strikingly, in designs that command attention, in colors that bespeak distinction?

"By the bye, I've been thinking of bringing out that piece of yours on her bespeak night."

"When?", asked Nicholas.

"The night of her bespeak. Her benefit night. When her friends and patrons bespeak the play."

"Oh! I understand", replied Nicholas.