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betoken(dictionary)

betoken (iou)



betoken verb trans.
[Old English betacnian = Old Frisian biteknia, Dutch betekenen, Old High German bizzeihhanon (German bezeichnen): see BE-, TOKEN verb.]
Signify; express in words. OE-E17.
Typify; symbolize. ME-M17.
Milton In the Cloud a Bow..Betok'ning peace from God and Cov'nant new.
Be a sign or omen of; augur, presage. ME.
Shakespeare Venus & Adonis Like a red morn, that ever yet betoken'd Wreck to the seaman, tempest to the field.
Give evidence of, indicate, suggest. L15.
L. M. Montgomery He had the buggy and the sorrel mare, which betokened that he was going a considerable distance. I. Colegate That rather ironical, rather penetrating look which not everyone knew betokened affection.