bespoken

bespoken
    adj 1: (of clothing) custom-made [syn: {bespoke}, {bespoken},
           {made-to-order}, {tailored}, {tailor-made}]
    2: pledged to be married; "the engaged couple" [syn: {bespoken},
       {betrothed}]
    

committed \committed\ adj.
   1. Bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular
      cause, action, or attitude. Opposite of {uncommitted}.

   Note: [Narrower terms: {bound up, involved, wrapped up};
         {dedicated, devoted}; {pledged, sworn}]
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   2. Associated in an exclusive sexual relationship; also
      called {attached}. Opposite of {unattached}.

   Note: [Narrower terms: {affianced}, {bespoken}, {betrothed},
         {engaged}, {pledged}, {promised}(predicate); {married}]
         [Also See: {loving}.]

   Syn: attached.
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   3. Consigned involuntarily to custody, as in a prison or
      mental institution.
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Bespeak \Be*speak"\, v. t. [imp. {Bespoke}, {Bespake} (Archaic);
   p. p. {Bespoke}, {Bespoken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bespeaking}.]
   [OE. bispeken, AS. besprecan, to speak to, accuse; pref. be-
   + sprecan to speak. See {Speak}.]
   1. To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage
      against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a
      favor.
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            Concluding, naturally, that to gratify his avarice
            was to bespeak his favor.             --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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   2. To show beforehand; to foretell; to indicate.
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            [They] bespoke dangers . . . in order to scare the
            allies.                               --Swift.
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   3. To betoken; to show; to indicate by external marks or
      appearances.
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            When the abbot of St. Martin was born, he had so
            little the figure of a man that it bespoke him
            rather a monster.                     --Locke.
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   4. To speak to; to address. [Poetic]
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            He thus the queen bespoke.            --Dryden.
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bespoken \be*spok"en\ adj.
   1. same as {made-to-order}; -- of clothing.

   Syn: bespoke, custom, made-to-order, tailored, tailor-made.
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   2. bound by an agreement to become married to someone.

   Syn: affianced, betrothed, engaged, pledged,
        promised(predicate).
        [WordNet 1.5]