tokeningn.
/ˈtəʊkənɪŋ/ Now rare.
1. † b. in tokening, in token, as a token or evidence (of). Obsolete.
a. The action of token v.; representation, signification, meaning, symbolization, betokening, presaging, etc.: see the verb.
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society > communication > indication > [noun]
tokeningc888
betokeningc1175
signifyinga1382
signancec1450
denotation?1533
indication1626
marking1904
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun] > act or action
tokeningc888
omination1589
portending1590
portention1617
portendment1626
portendance1644
augury1654
preomination1660
omening1796
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. vii. §2 To hwæm cumað hi þon elles butan to tacnunge sorges &..sares?
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 99 Þe helende ableu his gast on his apostlas for ðere itacnunge þet heo and alle cristen men scullan lufian heore nehstan.]
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 91 Chirche haueð þe tocninge of bethfage.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6337 Sum-kin takening suld þar be Loken in þir wandes thre.
c1410 Sir Cleges 217 I am aferd yt ys tokynnyng Of more harme that ys comynge.
1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) i. xv. 48/1 Encensynge done..byfore the ymages in dyuerse sygnyfycacyons or tokenynges.
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c890 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) ii. vi. 114 Þa he me in tacnunge his lufan bebead.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 1165 Ibured it was uorþ wiþ him as in tokninge Of is prowesse.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 37 A branche of ane olyue tree jn takenyng of pes.
?a1500 Chester Pl. xi. 147 A signe I offer..in tockeninge shee has lived oo in full devocion.
2. A token, emblem, sign, mark; a portent; a signal; †a zodiacal sign (obsolete).
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society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign
tokeningc888
fingereOE
senyeOE
markOE
showing?c1225
blossomc1230
signa1325
signifyingc1384
evidencea1393
notea1398
forbysena1400
kenninga1400
knowinga1400
showerc1400
unningc1400
signala1413
signification?a1425
demonstrancec1425
cenyc1440
likelinessc1450
ensign1474
signifure?a1475
outshowinga1500
significativea1500
witter1513
precedent1518
intimation1531
signifier1532
meith1533
monument1536
indicion?1541
likelihood1541
significator1554
manifest1561
show1561
evidency1570
token-teller1574
betokener1587
calendar1590
instance1590
testificate1590
significant1598
crisis1606
index1607
impression1613
denotementa1616
story1620
remark1624
indicium1625
denotation1633
indice1636
signum1643
indiction1653
trace1656
demonstrator1657
indication1660
notationa1661
significatory1660
indicator1666
betrayer1678
demonstration1684
smell1691
wittering1781
notaa1790
blazonry1850
sign vehicle1909
marker1919
rumble1927
society > communication > indication > signalling > [noun] > signal
tokeningc888
tokena1000
signc1384
watch1578
signal1590
signet1590
tattoo1644
trumpet-note1813
trumpet-call1909
the world > the universe > celestial sphere > zone of celestial sphere > [noun] > Zodiac > sign of zodiac
tokeningc888
tokenc1000
signa1393
signs of the zodiac?1533
Mazzaroth1560
dog1723
star sign1894
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun]
foretokenc888
tokeningc888
beaconc950
token971
handsela1200
boding1297
wonder1297
bodec1374
signa1387
foreboding1387
prenostica1393
prognosticc1425
prophetc1430
prognostication?a1439
ostentationa1450
prenostication?a1450
prodigy?a1450
augurationc1450
preparative1460
prenosticate?a1475
prenosticative?a1475
prodige1482
prenosticature1490
tokener1513
weird1513
show token1535
luck1538
prognosticate1541
preamble1548
proffer1548
presagition?c1550
foreshower1555
presage1560
portent1562
ostent1570
presagie1581
omen1582
presagement1586
luck sign1587
augury1588
prognosticon1588
forerunner1589
presager1591
halfner1594
spae1596
abode1598
oss1600
assign1601
augur1603
bodement1613
predictiona1616
prognosticala1618
bespeaker1624
portender1635
pre-indicant1659
foreshadow1834
boder1846
prognosticant1880
sky sign1880
society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol
tokeningc888
tokenc890
print1340
bannerc1380
signingc1390
signala1393
signc1400
similitude?c1400
type?a1500
sacrament1534
resemblance1548
adumbration1552
character1569
picture1580
symbol1590
moral?1594
attribute1600
symbolization1603
allegory1606
emblema1616
hieroglyph1646
simile1682
documentor1684
symptoma1687
monument1728
metaphor1836
presentation1866
symbolisms1876
ideogram1897
picture message1912
figura1959
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. viii. §1 Hwæt syndon ða woruldsælða oðres buton deaðes tacnung?
c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 506 Hunters, whare be ȝe? Þe tokening schuld ȝe blowe.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11252 Þar es þe king ouer-al kinges Born to night wit þir takeninges.
c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 73 Whenne þe sonne entrys yn to þe firste tokenynge of þe crabbe.
a1450 Tourn. Tottenham 85 A broche on hur brest..With the holy-rode tokenyng, was wrotyn for the nonys.
1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados iii. vi. 67 I sall the schaw taikynins [(ed. Small) takins] therof full mete.
1710 Dict. Feudal Law 151 Taiknings, are Signals given to forwarn people of the approach of the Enemy.
1867 W. Morris Life & Death of Jason iii. 47 Bid him hearken, by this tokening, That I, who send thee to him, am the same.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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ˈtokening
ˈtokening adj.
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society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [adjective]
figural?a1500
sacramental1534
shadowing1579
hieroglyphical1581
similitudinary1581
morala1616
symbolical1620
characterical1634
shadowy1641
emblematical1644
emblematic1645
hieroglyphic1647
symbolic1681
emblematizing1751
tokening1820
imagerial1837
twi-necked1840
personating1851
symptomatic1853
symbolizing1909
uroboric1958
1820 J. Clare Poems Rural Life (ed. 3) 109 We'll mix our wishes in a tokening tear.
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