bespeak vs prove

bespeak

verb
  • To betoken; show; indicate; foretell; suggest; allude to. 

  • To speak up or out; exclaim; speak. 

  • 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. 

prove

verb
  • To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for. 

  • To put to the test, to make trial of. 

  • To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify. 

  • To determine by experiment which effects a substance causes when ingested. 

  • simple past tense of proove 

  • To turn out; to manifest. 

  • To turn out to be. 

noun
  • The process of dough proofing. 

How often have the words bespeak and prove occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )