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betoken

Pronunciation: /bɪˈtoʊ.kən/

The English word “betoken” has 2 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens.
  2. To foreshow by present signs; indicate something in the future by that which is seen or known.

Etymology

From Middle English bitoknen, bitacnen, from Old English betācnian (“to betoken, signify, designate”), from Proto-West Germanic *bitaiknijan. Equivalent to be- + token. Cognate with Dutch betekenen (“to mean, signify”), German bezeichnen (“to call, designate”), Swedish beteckna (“to represent, designate, indicate”) and Danish betegne (“to represent, designate, indicate”).

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