Hypertext Webster Gateway: "betoken"
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) 1.7 (wn)
betoken
v 1: be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a
serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe
neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro
is undervalued" [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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