A request for a specific performance; a benefit performance, by a patron.
Origin
From Middle English bespeken, bispeken, from Old English *bespecan, besprecan, from Proto-Germanic *bisprekanÄ… ("to discuss, blame"), equivalent to be- + speak. Cognate with Scots bespeke ("to beseech, speak or negotiate with"), West Frisian besprekke ("to discuss"), Dutch bespreken ("to discuss, review, debate"), German besprechen ("to discuss, review, talk about").
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