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Webster 1913 Edition
Betoken
Be-to′ken
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Betoken
BETO'KEN
,Verb.
T.
1.
To signify by some visible object; to show by signs. A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow
Betokening peace from God.
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.