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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Betokened p. pr. & vb. n. Betokening. ] 1. To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens. [ 1913 Webster ]

A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow . . .
Betokening peace from God, and covenant new. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen or known; as, a dark cloud often betokens a storm. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To presage; portend; indicate; mark; note. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A support placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright (on a shelf or table). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ From Break, v. t. ] 1. Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships. [ 1913 Webster ]

The one being who remembered him as he been before his mind was broken. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay,
Sat by his fire, and talked the night away. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Subdued; humbled; contrite. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. Ps. li. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted. “Her broken love and life.” G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at parting. [ 1913 Webster ]

Amidst the broken words and loud weeping of those grave senators. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Broken ground. (a) (Mil.) Rough or uneven ground; as, the troops were retarded in their advance by broken ground. (b) Ground recently opened with the plow. --
Broken line (Geom.), the straight lines which join a number of given points taken in some specified order. --
Broken meat, fragments of meat or other food. --
Broken number, a fraction. --
Broken weather, unsettled weather. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; -- said of a ship. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a ruptured belly. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

. Abscess of the mammary gland. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair. [ 1913 Webster ]

She left her husband almost broken-hearted. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Disconsolable; heart-broken; inconsolable; comfortless; woe-begone; forlorn. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a broken, interrupted manner; in a broken state; in broken language. [ 1913 Webster ]

The pagans worship God . . . as it were brokenly and by piecemeal. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state or quality of being broken; unevenness. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Contrition; as, brokenness of heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Far.) The heaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Far.) Having short breath or disordered respiration, as a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cockney. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make crooked. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Using fair speech, or uttered with fairness; bland; civil; courteous; plausible. “A marvelous fair-spoken man.” Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. foretācen. See Token. ] Prognostic; previous omen. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Foretokened p. pr. & vb. n. Foretokening ] [ AS. foretācnian; fore + tācnian. ] To foreshow; to presignify; to prognosticate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whilst strange prodigious signs foretoken blood. Daniel.

a. Using profane, scurrilous, slanderous, or obscene language; same as foul-mouthed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Accustomed to speak without reserve; willing to speak out without subtlety. Bacon.
Syn. -- bluff, blunt, candid, frank, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank.
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-- Free"-spo`ken*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

a. Overcome by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. trained to urinate and defecate outside or in a special place, such as a litter box; as, housebroken pets; -- of pet animals.
Syn. -- house-trained, housetrained. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. something given as a token of love. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Prob. from Lorenz Oken, a German naturalist. ] (Min.) A massive and fibrous mineral of a whitish color, chiefly hydrous silicate of lime. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Speaking, or spoken, freely, openly, candidly, or boldly; as, an outspoken man; an outspoken rebuke. -- Out*spo"ken*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

a. Speaking with plain, unreserved sincerity; also, spoken sincerely; as, plain-spoken words. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Broken out, or marked, with smallpox; pock-fretten. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Spoken or speaking prettily. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Speaking in a quick or short manner; hence, gruff; curt. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Speaking smoothly; plausible; flattering; smooth-tongued. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Speaking softly; having a mild or gentle voice; hence, mild; affable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Socome. ] 1. A toll. See Soc, n., 2. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Great sooken had this miller, out of doubt. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A district held by socage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ p. p. of Speak. ] 1. Uttered in speech; delivered by word of mouth; oral; as, a spoken narrative; the spoken word. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Characterized by a certain manner or style in speaking; -- often in composition; as, a pleasant-spoken man. [ 1913 Webster ]

Methinks you 're better spoken. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Speaking with directness; plain-spoken. [ Colloq. U.S. ] Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. token, taken, AS. tācen; akin to OFries. tēken, OS. tēkan, D. teeken, G. zeichen, OHG. Zeihhan, Icel. tākan, teiken, Sw. tecken, Dan. tegn, Goth. taikns sign, token, gateihan to tell, show, AS. teón to accuse, G. zeihen, OHG. zīhan, G. zeigen to show, OHG. zeigōn, Icel. tjā, L. dicere to say, Gr. deikny`nai to show, Skr. diç. Cf. Diction, Teach. ] 1. Something intended or supposed to represent or indicate another thing or an event; a sign; a symbol; as, the rainbow is a token of God's covenant established with Noah. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A memorial of friendship; something by which the friendship of another person is to be kept in mind; a memento; a souvenir. [ 1913 Webster ]

This is some token from a never friend. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Say, by this token, I desire his company. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A piece of metal intended for currency, and issued by a private party, usually bearing the name of the issuer, and redeemable in lawful money. Also, a coin issued by government, esp. when its use as lawful money is limited and its intrinsic value is much below its nominal value. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is now made unlawful for private persons to issue tokens. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Med.) A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed to indicate, the approach of death. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Like the fearful tokens of the plague,
Are mere forerunners of their ends. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Print.) Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Ch. of Scot.) A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Mining) A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sends one of these with each corf or tub he has hewn. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. (Weaving) In a Jacquard loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Token money, money which is lawfully current for more than its real value. See Token, n., 4. --
Token sheet (Print.), the last sheet of each token. W. Savage. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tokened p. pr. & vb. n. Tokening. ] [ AS. tācnian, fr. tācen token. See Token, n. ] To betoken. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Marked by tokens, or spots; as, the tokened pestilence. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without a token. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not broken; continuous; unsubdued; as, an unbroken colt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Un- not, and Wreak. ] Not revenged; unavenged. [ Obs. ] Surrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Well + speak. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Speaking well; speaking with fitness or grace; speaking kindly. “A knight well-spoken.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Spoken with propriety; as, well-spoken words. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture, dilatation, or running together of air cells of the lungs, so that while the inspiration is by one effort, the expiration is by two; affected with pulmonary emphysema or with heaves; -- said of a horse. Youatt. [ 1913 Webster ]