Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Betoken

Betoken ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb

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.