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1557: Recorde|Robert Recorde, ''Whetstone of Witte|The whetstone of witte, whiche is the seconde parte of Arithmetike : containyng the xtraction of Rootes : The Cossike practise, with the rule of Equation : and the workes of Surde Nombers.''ʀ, page unknown (Ihon Kyngstone)
- There be other 2 signes in often use of which the first is made thus + and betokeneth more : the other is thus made – and betokeneth lesse.
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To foreshow by present signs; indicate something future by that which is seen or known.
1853: Virgil, Charles Anthon, LL.D. tr., ''Æneïd of Virgil: With English Notes, Critical and Explanatory, a Metrical Clavis: And an Historical, Geographical, and Mythological Index'', page 474 (Harper & Brothers, 329 & 331 Pearl Street, Franklin Square, New York)
- “ Ah ! hospitable land, thou (nevertheless) betokenest war,” ''i. e.'', although hospitable, thou nevertheless betokenest war. — ''Bello''.