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▪ I. betokening, vbl. n.|bɪˈtəʊk(ə)nɪŋ|
[f. prec. + -ing1.]
The giving of a sign or token; signification, meaning; emblem, symbol; omen, portent.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 51 Ȝe habbeð iherd of þis putte þe bitacninge. a1225Ancr. R. 50 Þe blake cloð also tekeðe bitocnunge. a1400Cursor M. 2682 (Trin.) Þe werke of circumcisyng Bereþ greet bitokenyng [Gött. forbisining]. 1489Caxton Faytes of A. ii. vi. 103 Hys folke toke hit for an euyll betoknynge. 1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 374/1 He mocketh not the sacramentes but the mynysters that openeth not the betokeninges thereof. 1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. To Rdr., If you..lay their betokenings to the things whose names they bear.
▪ II. beˈtokening, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
Significant, symbolic.
1584Fenner Def. Ministers (1587) 106 It is a signe, a betokening signe, which men doe worship. 1646G[regory] Notes & Obs. (1650) 109 A glorious and betokening Light shined round about this Holy Child. |