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dare 1, verb, modal verb(dictionary)

betoken (iou) and plump 2, verb (oh)


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.

plump 2, verb (oh)



2 v
[Sense: 1,4; Date: 1500-1600; Origin: PLUMP1]
[Sense: 2-3,5; Date: 1200-1300; Origin: Copying the action]
also plump up
[T] to make cushions, pillows etc rounder and softer by shaking or hitting them
plump (yourself) down
to sit down suddenly and heavily
-synonym plonk plonk
[T always + adverb/preposition] to put something down suddenly and carelessly
-synonym plonk plonk
::Plump the bags down anywhere you like.
also plump up
[I and T] if dried fruit plumps up, or if you plump it up, it becomes fatter and softer when in liquid
::Soak the apricots and raisins until the fruit plumps up.
plump for / [plump for sth/sb] phr v
to choose something or someone after thinking carefully about it
::Finally we plumped for a bottle of champagne.