bespeaking

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

BESPE'AKING, participle present tense Speaking for or ordering beforehand; foreboding; addressing; showing; indicating. BESPE'AKING, noun A previous speaking or discourse, by way of apology, or to engage favor.
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