An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
BETOKEN
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
(verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen; “These signs bode bad news”
bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
(verb) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
betoken (third-person singular simple present betokens, present participle betokening, simple past and past participle betokened)
(transitive) To signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens.
(transitive) To foreshow by present signs; indicate something future by that which is seen or known.
Synonyms
• (signify): indicate, mark, note
• (foreshow): portend, presage, forebode
Source: Wiktionary
Be*to"ken, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Betokened; p. pr. & vb. n. Betokening.]
1. To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens. A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow . . . Betokening peace from God, and covenant new. Milton.
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.
Syn.
– To presage; portend; indicate; mark; note.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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