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Definition of betoken

indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
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"

Hyponyms: threaten, foreshow, bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict, mark

Derivational Morphology: prognosis, forecast, augur, auspex, prefiguration, foreshadowing, adumbration, omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy, auspice, signal, signaling, sign, indication, indicant, indicator

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