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Definition of Betokens
1. betoken [v] - See also: betoken
Lexicographical Neighbors of Betokens
Literary usage of Betokens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Guesses at Truth by Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare (1847)
"In the Malay languages, we are told by Marsden, a variety of substitutes for the
first and second pronoun are in use, by which tie speaker betokens his own ..."
2. The Monthly Magazine by Richard Phillips, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress) (1800)
"... there is an age of erudition, which betokens youth ; an age of talle, declaratory
of mature ... betokens."
3. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1901)
"To dream of having or seeing the forehead of a lion, betokens the getting of a
male child ... To dream of drinking sweet wine, betokens good success in law. ..."
4. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1892)
"Go not loose and unbuttoned, Sancho ; for a slovenly dress betokens a careless
mind ; or, as in the case of Julius Caesar, ..."
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