English Explanatory Dictionary

tokening

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of token
noun
  1. The act or process of marking or designating.
  2. A token, sign, or proof.
  3. That which a thing betokens; meaning, interpretation.

Word forms

tokening tokenings

Etymology

From Middle English tokenyng, *taknand, from Old English tācniende, from Proto-Germanic *taiknōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *taiknōną (“to mark, denote, indicate”), equivalent to token + -ing.

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