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Betoken - What does it mean?

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betoken

English

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 .

    Synonyms

    * (signify) indicate, mark, note * (foreshow) portend, presage

    References

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    Not English

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