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单词 betokening
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betokeningn.

/bɪˈtəʊk(ə)nɪŋ/
Etymology: < betoken v. + -ing suffix1.
The giving of a sign or token; signification, meaning; emblem, symbol; omen, portent.
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society > communication > indication > [noun]
tokeningc888
betokeningc1175
signifyinga1382
signancec1450
denotation?1533
indication1626
marking1904
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 51 Ȝe habbeð iherd of þis putte þe bitacninge.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 41 Þe blake clað alsa toechen þe bi tacnunge.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 2682 Þe werke of circumcisyng Bereþ greet bitokenyng [Gött. for-bisining].
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. vi. 103 Hys folke toke hit for an euyll betoknynge.
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 374/1 He mocketh not the sacramentes but the mynysters that openeth not the betokeninges thereof.
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge To Rdr. If you..lay their betokenings to the things whose names they bear.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

betokeningadj.

Etymology: Formed as betoken v. + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: beˈtokening.
Significant, symbolic.
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society > communication > indication > [adjective]
significatory1579
betokening1587
significative1597
signal1605
telltale1832
1587 D. Fenner Def. Godlie Ministers sig. Piv It is a signe, a betokening signe, which men doe..worship.
1646 J. Gregory Notes & Observ. xxii. 108 A glorious and betokening Light shined round about this Holy Child.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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