token

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  1. noun Something serving as an indication, proof, or expression of something else; a sign: "Tears are queer tokens of happiness” (Eugene O'Neill). See Synonyms at sign.
  2. noun Something that signifies or evidences authority, validity, or identity: The scepter is a token of regal status.
  3. noun A distinguishing feature or characteristic.

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  • At first this was supposed to be some love-token, and several people built upon this foundation a romantic biography of the deceased recluse, but the tricolour ribbon tended to discredit this version. —  Recollections of My Youth
  • The script parses and validates the token, and if the token is valid, the user is granted access. —  Planet Identity
  • The process for requesting a token is a bit different for this. —  MSDN Blogs
  • Two burnt matches fastened together with thread served the Camellia Buds for their token, and it was the strictest rite of their order that any one receiving this cryptic symbol must immediately leave whatever she happened to be doing and proceed post-haste to the rendezvous So promptly did the members of the society respond to the summons that within ten minutes of the issue of the fiery cross they were assembled in the summer-house in a state of much expectancy. —  The Jolliest School of All
  • But he wanted a further token, and Gabriel said, "You shall have a token: you shall be dumb till your son shall be given you BELIEVE Moody and the Dying Soldier After the battle of Pittsburgh Landing and Murfreesboro' I was in a hospital at Murfreesboro'. —  Moody's Anecdotes And Illustrations Related in his Revival Work by the Great Evangilist
 

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English tācen; see deik- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English token, tokene, tokyn, tokne, earlier taken, from Anglo-Saxon tācen, tācn =Old Saxon tēkan =OFries. teken, tekn, teiken =D. teeken =Middle Low German tēken =Old High German zeihhan, Middle High German G. zeichen, sign, mark, note, token, proof, miracle, =Icelandic teikn, also tākn (from ASē?) =Swedish tecken =Danish tegn =Gothic (Moesogothic) taikns, a mark, sign, token; akin to Anglo-Saxon tǣcan, teach; cf. Greek δεῖγμα, example, proof, from δεικνύναι, show: see teach.
  2. from Middle English tokenen, toknen, from Anglo-Saxon tācnian (=Old High German zeichenea, zeihnan, Middle High German zeichenen, zeichen, German zeichnen =Icelandic teikna, tākna =Gothic (Moesogothic) taiknjan), token; from the noun. Cf. betoken.
 

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