Definition of Betoken

1. Verb. Be a signal for or a symptom of. "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"


2. Verb. Indicate by signs. "These signs bode bad news"

Definition of Betoken

1. v. t. To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens.

Definition of Betoken

1. Verb. Signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens. ¹

2. Verb. Foreshow by present signs; indicate something future by that which is seen or known. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Betoken

1. to indicate [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: indicate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Betoken

betimes
betiming
betine
betined
beting
betise
betises
betitle
betitled
betitles
betitling
betoil
betoiled
betoiling
betoils
betoken (current term)
betokened
betokenest
betokeneth
betokening
betokens
betold
beton
betongue
betonies
betons
betony
betook
betorn
betoss

Literary usage of Betoken

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"HASTEN. denote, testify (archaic), betoken; spec. >. represent, symbolize, present, show, delineate. 4. Referring to the conveying of an idea ..."

2. A History of New York: Containing, Among Many Surprising and Curious Matters by Washington Irving (1831)
"Showing the great advantage that the author has over his reader in time of battle—together with divers portentous movements, which betoken that something ..."

3. Socialism and the Social Movement by Werner Sombart (1898)
"It does not lead only and by necessity to a higher life, it is not necessarily the beginning of a new culture : it can also betoken the end of the old, ..."

4. A History of New York: From the Beginning of the World to the End of the by Washington Irving (1868)
"... OVER HIS READER IN TIME OF BATTLE —TOGETHER WITH DIVERS PORTENTOUS MOVEMENTS ; WHICH betoken THAT SOMETHING TERRIBLE IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. ..."

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