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English Dictionary: betokened by the DICT Development Group
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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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