Definizione monolingua

betoken

betoken (third-person singular simple present betokens, present participle betokening, simple past and past participle betokened, archaic second-person singular simple present betokenest, archaic third-person singular simple present betokeneth)

1. Signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens.
   • 1557: Robert Recorde, The whetstone of witte, whiche is the seconde parte of Arithmetike?:?containyng the xtraction of Rootes?:?The Cossike practise, with the rule of Equation?:?and the workes of Surde Nombers.^?, page unknown (Ihon Kyngstone)

     There be other 2 signes in often use of which the first is made thus?+?and betokeneth more?:?the other is thus made?–?and betokeneth lesse.

2. Foreshow by present signs; indicate something future by that which is seen or known.
   • 1853: Virgil, Charles Anthon, LL.D. [tr.], Æneïd of Virgil: With English Notes, Critical and Explanatory, a Metrical Clavis: And an Historical, Geographical, and Mythological Index, page 474 (Harper & Brothers, 329 & 331 Pearl Street, Franklin Square, New York)

     “?Ah?!?hospitable land, thou (nevertheless) betokenest war,” i.?e., although hospitable, thou nevertheless betokenest war.?—?Bello.

Definizione dizionario betoken

	far presagire
	To give evidence of.

indicare

significare

voler dire

Altri significati:

Signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens.

Foreshow by present signs; indicate something future by that which is seen or known.