Noah Webster
Betoken
BETO'KEN, verb transitive beto'kn. [be and token.]
1. To signify by some visible object; to show by signs.
A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow
Betokening peace from God.
2. To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen or known; as, a dark cloud often betokens a storm.