Hypertext Webster Gateway: "betokening"

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.

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