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Another word for bespeak

verb

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

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Certain proper names in the Latin Version ending in -in seem to bespeak an Aramaic original, as Cettin, Filistin, &c. But since in all these cases the Ethiopic transliterations end in -m and not in -n, it is not improbable that the Aramaism in the Latin Version is due to the translator, who, it has been concluded on other grounds, was a Palestinian Jew.'
The whole arrangements and character of the building bespeak the rich and powerful feudal lord, not the humble father of a body of hard-working brethren, bound by vows to a life of poverty and self-denying toil.
Such contradictory impressions bespeak a life made up of contradictory elements.

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