verb
- to be a sign or indication of something; to signify or portend
Usage: formal; literary
Examples
- Dark clouds betoken an approaching storm.
- Her nervous laughter betokened her anxiety about the interview.
- The early blooming of flowers may betoken a mild winter.
- His silence betokened disapproval of the plan.
- The gathering of troops betokened an imminent attack.
- Rising prices betoken inflation in the economy.