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Betoken

//bɪˈtoʊ.kən// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens. transitive

    "There be other 2 signes in often use of which the first is made thus + and betokeneth more : the other is thus made – and betokeneth lesse."

  2. 2
    indicate, as with a sign or an omen wordnet
  3. 3
    To foreshow by present signs; indicate something future by that which is seen or known. transitive

    "“ Ah ! hospitable land, thou (nevertheless) betokenest war,” i. e., although hospitable, thou nevertheless betokenest war. — Bello."

  4. 4
    be a signal for or a symptom of wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English bitoknen, bitacnen, from Old English betācnian (“to betoken, signify, designate”), from Proto-West Germanic *bitaiknijan. Equivalent to be- + token. Cognate with Dutch betekenen (“to mean, signify”), German bezeichnen (“to call, designate”), Swedish beteckna (“to represent, designate, indicate”) and Danish betegne (“to represent, designate, indicate”).

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