v. 25B6; verb (poetic/literary)
a small gift betokening regret : INDICATE, be a sign of, be evidence of, evidence, manifest, mean, signify, denote, represent, show, demonstrate, bespeak; informal spell.
the blue sky betokened a day of good weather : FORETELL, signal, give notice of, herald, proclaim, prophesy, foreshadow, presage, be a harbinger of, portend, augur, be an omen of, be a sign of, be a warning of, warn of, bode; poetic/literary foretoken, forebode.