Associations to the word «Betoken»

Wiktionary

BETOKEN, verb. Signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens.
BETOKEN, verb. Foreshow by present signs; indicate something future by that which is seen or known.

Dictionary definition

BETOKEN, verb. Be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued".
BETOKEN, verb. Indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King