| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | be·to·ken |
| PRONUNCIATION: | b -t k n |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: be·to·kened, be·to·ken·ing, be·to·kens To be or give a sign or portent of. See synonyms at indicate. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English bitoknen : bi-, be- + toknen, to signify (from Old English t cnian; see deik- in Appendix I).
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