'Betoken' definitions:
Definition of 'betoken'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Betoken'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow . . . Betokening peace from God, and covenant new. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To presage; portend; indicate; mark; note. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'betoken'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affect,
- announce,
- approve,
- argue,
- attest,
- augur,
- be construed as,
- be indicative of,
- be significant of,
- be symptomatic of,
- bespeak,
- bode,
- brandish,
- breathe,
- bring forth,
- bring forward,
- bring into view,
- bring out,
- bring to notice,
- characterize,
- connote,
- dangle,
- demonstrate,
- denominate,
- denote,
- develop,
- differentiate,
- disclose,
- display,
- divine,
- divulge,
- dramatize,
- embody,
- enact,
- entail,
- evidence,
- evince,
- exhibit,
- expose to view,
- express,
- flaunt,
- flourish,
- forebode,
- foreshadow,
- foreshow,
- foretoken,
- furnish evidence,
- give evidence,
- give indication of,
- give sign,
- give token,
- go to show,
- highlight,
- hint,
- identify,
- illuminate,
- illustrate,
- imply,
- import,
- incarnate,
- indicate,
- involve,
- make clear,
- make plain,
- manifest,
- mark,
- materialize,
- mean,
- note,
- omen,
- parade,
- perform,
- point to,
- portend,
- prefigure,
- preindicate,
- presage,
- present,
- presign,
- presignal,
- presignify,
- pretypify,
- produce,
- promise,
- refer to,
- represent,
- reveal,
- roll out,
- set forth,
- show,
- show forth,
- show signs of,
- signalize,
- signify,
- speak for itself,
- speak volumes,
- spell,
- spotlight,
- stand for,
- suggest,
- symbolize,
- symptomatize,
- symptomize,
- tell,
- tend to show,
- testify,
- token,
- trot out,
- typify,
- unfold,
- wave,
- witness