bethink

[ bih-thingk ]
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verb (used with object),be·thought, be·think·ing.
  1. to think; consider (used reflexively): He bethought himself a moment.

  2. to remind (oneself): to bethink oneself of family obligations.

  1. to remember; recall (used reflexively): She lives in the past now, bethinking herself of happier days.

  2. to determine; resolve: Under the circumstances I could not otherwise bethink me.

  3. Archaic. to bear in mind; remember.

verb (used without object),be·thought, be·think·ing.
  1. Archaic. to consider; meditate.

Origin of bethink

1
before 1000; Middle English bethenken,Old English bethencan.See be-, think1

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How to use bethink in a sentence

  • The affair of the wolf having passed off so well, Alan began to bethink himself of other adventures.

  • Of course our artist did not bethink himself long, but sat down at once, and launched out into an improvisation on a Polish air.

  • Not till the door had closed behind her did we bethink us that it was to a humble peasant girl we had paid unconscious homage.

    A Heroine of France | Evelyn Everett-Green
  • But bethink yourself that Maria will ask, who knows, a good few crowns for this shaving.

    The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 | Armando Palacio Valds
  • bethink ye whether the knight did not then think of Bishop Roger and his episcopal nephew!

    A Legend of Reading Abbey | Charles MacFarlane

British Dictionary definitions for bethink

bethink

/ (bɪˈθɪŋk) /


verb-thinks, -thinking or -thought archaic, or dialect
  1. to cause (oneself) to consider or meditate

  2. (tr often foll by of) to remind (oneself)

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