Definition of bespeaking:
(v) :
(transitive) To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance.
(v) :
(transitive) To betoken; show; indicate; depict; foretell; suggest; allude to.
(v) :
(transitive) To stipulate, solicit, ask for, or request, as in a favour.
(v) :
(intransitive) To speak up or out; exclaim; speak.
(v) :
(transitive, formal or archaic) To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.
(v) :
(transitive, archaic) To forbode; foretell.