Definition of "betokened" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of betoken. (verb)

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• "He wondered what an Afrikaner was -- not an African, certainly, not by the way the Rivington men treated Negroes -- and whether the name betokened resistance against Afrikaners, whatever they were, or by them."
• "He was the very Prince of dogs, as his name betokened, and he was very good to Grandfather and"
• "His expression betokened a strong effort at self-control."