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Meanings of bespoken in English

(Of clothing) custom-made.

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Pledged to be married.

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Usage of bespoken in English
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In addition, sixty unopened areas are bespoken, including the Ukraine and Albania.
Messages to the Bahá'í World: 1950–1957
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Grand Central Palace and lower Park Ave. bespoken for pageants, exhibits, etc.
The new yorker
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They had been bespoken some time, and could be no longer delayed.
In the Wars of the Roses: A Story for the Young
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You'll almost feel like it's bespoken, but for a third of the price.
Ebony
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You have bespoken your government for the time, and you must keep it.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History
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Ye are not he that was bespoken by the story writer in London?
Under the Redwoods
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He tells me of the patterns bespoken which my mother mentioned to me.'
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1
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The wall stood there before his eyes, exactly as he had bespoken it!
The Yellow Fairy Book
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There was a wedding in the town, and all the fish had been bespoken.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2
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Partners for the grand march had been bespoken months before.
The Gray Dawn
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The eighth niche was still empty, but was already bespoken.
Debts of Honor
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Several of our goods are already bespoken in view of our departure eighteen months hence.
Three Years in Tristan da Cunha
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Even in that brave time one might safely have bespoken for him a large career.
The Trail of the Sword, Volume 1
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Eight-and-twenty copies were bespoken and paid for before delivery.
The Bible in Spain / Or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonm...
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Eight-and-twenty copies are at present bespoken and paid for.
Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Societ...
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My mornings are bespoken and most of my evenings.
Summers at Castle Auburn
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