betoken

tr.v., -kened, -ken·ing, -kens.
To be or give a sign or portent of. See synonyms at indicate.

[Middle English bitoknen : bi-, be- + toknen, to signify (from Old English tācnian).]

verb

To give grounds for believing in the existence or presence of: argue, attest, bespeak, indicate, mark, point to, testify, witness. See show/hide.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: be a signal for or a symptom of
  Synonyms: bespeak, indicate, point, signal

Meaning #2: indicate by signs
  Synonyms: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - tyde på, vidne om

Nederlands (Dutch)
betekenen, voorteken zijn

Français (French)
v. tr. - présager, annoncer, dénoter, être signe de

Deutsch (German)
v. - ankündigen, andeuten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - υποδηλώνω, μαρτυρώ, προμηνύω, προαναγγέλλω

Italiano (Italian)
presagire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - indicar, predizer

Русский (Russian)
быть признаком, предвещать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - presagiar, anunciar, denotar, revelar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - vittna om, antyda

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
预示, 证明, 表示, 指示

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 預示, 證明, 表示, 指示

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~을 나타내다, ~의 전조이다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 前兆となる, 示す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) دل على, أشار الى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮סימן, ניבא, בישר, ציין‬

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