Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to betoken
Participle: betokened
Gerund: betokening
Indicative
Present
| I | betoken |
| you | betoken |
| he;she;it | betokens |
| we | betoken |
| you | betoken |
| they | betoken |
Perfect
| I | have betokened |
| you | have betokened |
| he;she;it | has betokened |
| we | have betokened |
| you | have betokened |
| they | have betokened |
Past
| I | betokened |
| you | betokened |
| he;she;it | betokened |
| we | betokened |
| you | betokened |
| they | betokened |
Pluperfect
| I | had betokened |
| you | had betokened |
| he;she;it | had betokened |
| we | had betokened |
| you | had betokened |
| they | had betokened |
Future
| I | will betoken |
| you | will betoken |
| he;she;it | will betoken |
| we | will betoken |
| you | will betoken |
| they | will betoken |
Future Perfect
| I | will have betokened |
| you | will have betokened |
| he;she;it | will have betokened |
| we | will have betokened |
| you | will have betokened |
| they | will have betokened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | betoken |
| you | betoken |
| he;she;it | betoken |
| we | betoken |
| you | betoken |
| they | betoken |
Perfect
| I | have betokened |
| you | have betokened |
| he;she;it | have betokened |
| we | have betokened |
| you | have betokened |
| they | have betokened |
Imperfect
| I | betokened |
| you | betokened |
| he;she;it | betokened |
| we | betokened |
| you | betokened |
| they | betokened |
Pluperfect
| I | had betokened |
| you | had betokened |
| he;she;it | had betokened |
| we | had betokened |
| you | had betokened |
| they | had betokened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would betoken |
| you | would betoken |
| he;she;it | would betoken |
| we | would betoken |
| you | would betoken |
| they | would betoken |
Perfect
| I | would have betokened |
| you | would have betokened |
| he;she;it | would have betokened |
| we | would have betokened |
| you | would have betokened |
| they | would have betokened |
Imperative
| you | betoken |
| we | Let's betoken |
| you | betoken |
Verbs conjugated like 'betoken'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'betoken'
betake,
betone,
token,
barken,
baton,
batoon,
batten,
beckon,
become,
becover,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1175, from
be- + O.E.
tacnian "to signify," from
tacn "sign" (see token).
2. From Middle English bitoknen, bitacnen, from Old English betācnian (“to betoken, signify, designate”), from Proto-West Germanic *bitaiknijan. Equivalent to be- + token. Cognate with Dutch betekenen (“to mean, signify”), German bezeichnen (“to call, designate”), Swedish beteckna (“to represent, designate, indicate”) and Danish betegne (“to represent, designate, indicate”). See: Dutch '
betekenen', German, old spelling '
bezeichnen', Swedish '
beteckna', Danish '
betegne'.
Verbs referencing "betoken"
Dutch
betekenen, German, old spelling
bezeichnen.
Sample Sentences
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[...] not to embarrass them; while Oliver stood attentive, his head a little aside, his face turned up, his left hand grasping mine, and his right held out: at every motion of my fingers his countenance betokened keen attention; there was an expression of anxiety as he tried to imitate the motions; then a smile came stealing out as he thought he could do so, and spread into a joyous laugh the moment he [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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One young gentleman (a very delicate porker with several straws sticking about his nose, betokening recent investigations in a dung-hill ) was walking deliberately on, profoundly thinking, when suddenly his brother, who was lying in a miry hole unseen by him, rose up immediately before his [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] for some days. He carried a small bundle over his shoulder, slung at the end of a walking-stick, and had a short pipe in his mouth. He was as dusty and dirty as recruits usually are, and his shoes betokened that he had travelled on foot some distance, but he was in a very jocose state, and shook hands with this soldier, and clapped that one on the back, and talked and laughed continually, like a [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)