What is the meaning of Bespeak?

To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.

To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance.

To stipulate, solicit, ask for, or request, as in a favour.

To forbode; foretell.

To speak to; address.

To betoken; show; indicate; depict; foretell; suggest; allude to.

To speak up or out; exclaim; speak.

A request for a specific performance; a benefit performance, by a patron.

to bespeak

Source: wiktionary.org