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  • 21betoken — verb, literary 1) a small gift betokening regret Syn: indicate, be a sign of, be evidence of, evidence, manifest, mean, signify, denote, represent, show, demonstrate, bespeak 2) the blue sky betokened a day of …

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  • 22betoken — v 1. indicate, show, signify, import, point to, denote. See bespeak (def.2). 2. portend, bode, forebode, promise, indicate, Archaic. bespeak, foreshadow, foretoken, foreshow, presage, augur; foretell, predict, forecast, prognosticate, prophesy …

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  • 23betoken — be·to·ken …

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  • 24betoken — be•to•ken [[t]bɪˈtoʊ kən[/t]] v. t. 1) to give evidence of; indicate 2) to signify as a token; portend • Etymology: 1125–75 …

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  • 25betoken — /bəˈtoʊkən / (say buh tohkuhn), /bi / (say bee ) verb (t) 1. to give evidence of; indicate. 2. to be or give a token of; portend. {be + token} …

  • 26betoken — v.tr. 1 be a sign of; indicate. 2 augur. Etymology: OE (as BE , tacnian signify: see TOKEN) …

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  • 27Betokened — 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 …

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  • 28Betokening — 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 …

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  • 29signify — I. v. a. 1. Express, communicate, intimate, indicate, betoken. 2. Denote, betoken, mean, imply, purport, import. 3. Declare, proclaim, impart, announce, give notice of, manifest, utter, make known. 4. Indicate, betoken, suggest as being intended …

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  • 30indicate — indicate, betoken, attest, bespeak, argue, prove can all mean to give evidence of or to serve as ground for a valid or reasonable inference. One thing indicates another when the former serves as a symptom or a sign pointing to the latter as a… …

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