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[BETE, BEIT.] Reparation. bē'-tle, s. [BETEL.] *be-tog he, pa. par. [Perhaps from A.S. toh = tough.] Strongly clad. same." "Ac for that str ok had he non hog he For he was thanne to be- tog he body and heued y Sir Ferumbras (ed. Herrtage), 4,540-41. *be-toke', pret. of v. [BETAKE.) ( Chaucer .) bě-tok-en. * be-tokn *be-to-kin, * bitoken-en, * bi-tocn-en, * bi-tacn-en, v.t. [From Eng. prefix be , and token . In A.S. getacnian = to token, to show; Sw. beteckna ; Dan. betegne ; Dut. beteekenen .] 1. To be a token of; to be a pledge of; to signify; to afford evidence of; to show forth; to symbolise. "A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow Conspicuous with three listed colours gay, Betokening peace from God." Milton: P. L., xi. 867. 2. To foreshow; to omen; to predict. "Like a red morn, that ever yet betoken'd Wreck to the seaman, tempest to the field." Shakesp.: Venus & Adonis , 458. "The kindling azure, and the mountain's brow, Illum'd with fluid gold, his near approach Betoken glad." Thomson: Summer , 85. * bi bě-tō-kened, pa . par . [BETOKEN.] bě-tok-en-ing, * be-tok-ninge, tok-ninge, pr . par ., a., & S. [BETOKEN.] bê-tăn, s. [Fr. béton the concrete described below.] Masonry: A concrete, the invention of M. Coignet, composed usually of sand, 5; lime, 1; and hydraulic cement, 25. bě-ton-i-ca ( Lat. ), bět'-on-ỹ, * bě-tāine, * bě-tayne, * bět'-on, * bě-ton-yě, * bā-tan-ỹ, * by-ten ( Eng . ), s. [In A.S. be toce, be to nice ; Sw. betoniegräs; Dan. betonie ; Dut. betonic ; Ger. betonika , betonie ; Fr. bétoine ; Ital. betonico ; Sp., Port., & Low Lat. be tonic a . According to Pliny ( Nat . Hist . , xxv. 46) first called Vettonica , which he says was the name of the plant in Gaul, from the fact that it was discovered by the Vettones, a people of Spain. A. Of the Mod . Lat . form Be tonic a: Bot. A genus of plants belonging to the order Lamiaceæ (Labiates). The calyx is ten ribbed, with five awned teeth, and the lower lip of the corolla is trifid. Be tonic a officinal is , or Wood Betony, occurs in Britain. It is called by Bentham and others Stachys be tonic a . B. Of the forms Betony, Betaine, Betayne, and Beton: The English name of the genus Be tonic a (q.v.), and specially of the B. offici nalis, or Wood Betony. It is common in England, but not so in Scotland. When fresh it has an intoxicating effect; the dried leaves excite sneezing. The roots are bitter and BE TONIC A. very nauseous, and the plant is used to dye wool a fine dark yellow. Brook Betony : A plant ( Scrophularia aquatic a , Linn.). Paul's Betony: A plant ( Veronica officinal is , Linn.). Water Betony: The same as Brook Betony ( Scrophularia aquatic a ). bě-tô'ok, * be-tooke, pret. of v. [BETAKE.] bě-tö'rn, pa. par. & a. [Eng. prefix be, and torn.] Torn. "Whose heart betorn out of his panting breast With thine own hand Sackville: Trag. of Gorboduc .