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Verb: betoken  bi'tow-kun
Usage: archaic
  1. Be a signal for or a symptom of
    "These symptoms betoken a serious illness"
    - bespeak, indicate, point, signal
     
  2. Indicate by signs
    "These signs betoken bad news"
    - bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict

Derived forms: betokened, betokens, betokening

Type of: tell

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Bethe
bethel
bethink
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Ephrathah
Bethlehem-Judah
Bethune
betide
betimes
bêtise
betoken
betony
betray
betrayal
betrayer
betroth
betrothal
betrothed
betrothment
Betsy Griscom Ross
Betsy Ross