v. Signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens.
v. Foreshow by present signs; indicate something future by that which is seen or known.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens.
v. To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen or known.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To signify; mean; denote in words.
To be a token of; be a visible sign of; give promise of.
To foreshow by signs; be or furnish a premonition of; indicate the probability of: as, this fact betokens a good result.
To give evidence of; show.
Synonyms To signify; presage, portend, augur, bode.
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v. indicate by signs
v. be a signal for or a symptom of
Word Usage
"An alternative form of the Indo-European root, again to do with showing or indicating, is *deig-, which appears in the native English words token, betoken, and that venerable one for pointing students down the best path, teach."