Verb

Signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens.

* 1557 : ^?], [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4bZPHQAACAAJ&dq=betokeneth&ei=d6N7SafwL5P2Mdas2JYE page unknown (Ihon Kyngstone)

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.

Foreshow by present signs; indicate something future by that which is seen or known.

* 1853 : , page 474 (Harper & Brothers, 329 & 331 Pearl Street, Franklin Square, New York)

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

Verb

(en-verb)

To represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify

As the car salesman approached, wearing a plaid suit and slicked-back hair, he seemed to embody sleaze.

* South

The soul, while it is embodied , can no more be divided from sin.

* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=November 7, author=Matt Bai, title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, work=New York Times citation

, passage=The generational shift Mr. Obama once embodied is, in fact, well under way, but it will not change Washington as quickly — or as harmoniously — as a lot of voters once hoped.}}

To include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole

The US Constitution aimed to embody the ideals of diverse groups of people, from Puritans to Deists.

The principle was recognized by some of the early Greek philosophers who embodied it in their systems.