BETOKENING

Verb

betokening

present participle of betoken

Source: Wiktionary

BETOKEN

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