Definition: betoken

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

betoken
     v 1: be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a
          serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe
          neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro
          is undervalued" [syn: bespeak, indicate, point, signal]
     2:  indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode,
         portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage,
         foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast,
         predict]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

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.