Betoken
[bɪ'təʊk(ə)n] or [bɪ'tokən]
Definition
(v. t.) To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens.
(v. t.) To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen or known; as, a dark cloud often betokens a storm.
Typist: Marvin
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Signify, denote, indicate, represent, typify, imply, prove, show, argue.[2]. Prefigure, foreshow, foreshadow, portend, augur, presignify.
Typist: Murray
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Teach, indicate, proclaim, presage, augur, portend, foreshow, signify,forebode, evidence, declare, manifest, involve, imply
ANT:Misindicate, mislead, misdeclare, misteach, belie, mask, hide
Checked by Jessie
Definition
v.t. to show by a sign: to foreshow.
Typed by Essie
Examples
- A few small houses, scattered on either side of the road, betoken the entrance to some town or village. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Sarkoja thought it best, she answered, her face betokening her disapproval of the procedure. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- She had not far retraced her steps when sounds in front of her betokened the approach of persons in conversation along the same path. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- That he joyed in killing, and that he killed with a joyous laugh upon his handsome lips betokened no innate cruelty. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- A stranger, a careless observer might have considered that Mrs. Thornton's manner to her children betokened far more love to Fanny than to John. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Her extraordinary fixity, her conspicuous loneliness, her heedlessness of night, betokened among other things an utter absence of fear. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- As I went into the house I noticed signs in the sky which betokened a break in the weather for the better. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- His step was elastic, and his face betokened inward pleasantry, as he advanced to Mr. Bumble, and shook him cordially by the hand. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
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