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Also Inflected form of bespeak

bespoke

bes·poke

UK/bɪˈspəʊk/ US/bɪˈspəʊk/ rare archaic uk

adjective

Origin

In sense “custom-made”, 1755, from earlier bespoken (c. 1600), form of bespeak, in sense “arrange beforehand” (1580s), a prefixed variant of speak; compare order, made-to-order.

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