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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Betoken \Be*to"ken\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Betokened}; p. pr & vb n. {Betokening}.] 1. To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens. A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow . . . Betokening peace from God, and covenant new --Milton. 2. To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen or known as a dark cloud often betokens a storm. Syn: To presage; portend; indicate; mark; note. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: betoken v 1: be a signal for or a symptom of "These symptoms indicate a serious illness" [syn: {bespeak}, {indicate}, {point}, {signal}] 2: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: {bode}, {portend}, {auspicate}, {prognosticate}, {omen}, {presage}, {foreshadow}, {augur}, {foretell}, {prefigure}, {forecast}, {predict}]
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