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Imply vs Bespeak - What's the difference?

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Imply is a synonym of bespeak.


As verbs the difference between imply and bespeak

is that imply is (of a proposition) to have as a necessary consequence while bespeak is (lb) to speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.

As a noun bespeak is

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

imply

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • (of a proposition) to have as a necessary consequence
    • The proposition that "all dogs are mammals" implies that my dog is a mammal
  • (of a person) to suggest by logical inference
    • When I state that your dog is brown, I am not implying that all dogs are brown
  • (of a person or proposition) to hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement
    • What do you mean "we need to be more careful with hygiene"? Are you implying that I don't wash my hands?
  • (archaic) to enfold, entangle.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.iv:
    • And in his bosome secretly there lay / An hatefull Snake, the which his taile vptyes / In many folds, and mortall sting implyes .

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

    Synonyms

    * (to have as a necessary consequence) entail * (to suggest tacitly) allude, hint, insinuate, suggest

    Related terms

    * implicate * implication * implicative * implicit * implicitness * implision

    See also

    * connotation * entail

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    bespeak

    English

    Verb

  • (lb) To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.
  • *2006 , Janet Jaymes, Dirty Laundry: A Memoir :
  • *:But to bespeak of a love, heavily weighed upon a heart, toward someone opposing those sentiments encourages foolish and embarrassing repercussions he will never know about.
  • (lb) To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance.
  • :
  • *Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
  • *:concluding, naturally, that to gratify his avarice was to bespeak his favour
  • (lb) To stipulate, solicit, ask for, or request, as in a favour.
  • :
  • To forbode; foretell.
  • To speak to; address.
  • *(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
  • *:He thus the queen bespoke .
  • (lb) To betoken; show; indicate; foretell; suggest.
  • :
  • *(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
  • *:[They] bespoke dangersin order to scare the allies.
  • *(John Locke) (1632-1705)
  • *:When the abbot of St. Martin was born, he had so little the figure of a man that it bespoke him rather a monster.
  • *
  • *:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.He was smooth-faced, and his fresh skin and well-developed figure bespoke the man in good physical condition through active exercise, yet well content with the world's apportionment.
  • (lb) To speak up or out; exclaim; speak.

    • Derived terms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A request for a specific performance; a benefit performance, by a patron.
  • * 1839 , Charles Dickens,
    • "By the bye, I've been thinking of bringing out that piece of yours on her bespeak night."
    "When?", asked Nicholas.
    "The night of her bespeak'. Her benefit night. When her friends and patrons ' bespeak the play."
    "Oh! I understand", replied Nicholas.

    References

    (Webster 1913)

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