Definition of "betokening" [betokening]

• Present participle of betoken. (verb)

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• "Alii aimoku, sovereign of the land. aloha, a word betokening greeting or farewell."
• "William smothers a laugh; the procession moves funereally, the faithful nurse watching it with an expression betokening intense anxiety."
• "There were changes in Joan's face since she saw it last -- not changes which might have been attributed to the possession of Joe Noy, but an alteration of expression betokening thought, a look of increased age, of experiences not wholly happy in their nature."