单词 | betokening |
释义 | betokeningn. The giving of a sign or token; signification, meaning; emblem, symbol; omen, portent. ΘΚΠ 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. Significant, symbolic. ΘΚΠ 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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