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bethink

[ bih-thingk ]
/ bɪˈθɪŋk /
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verb (used with object), be·thought, be·think·ing.

to think; consider (used reflexively): He bethought himself a moment.
to remind (oneself): to bethink oneself of family obligations.
to remember; recall (used reflexively): She lives in the past now, bethinking herself of happier days.
to determine; resolve: Under the circumstances I could not otherwise bethink me.
Archaic. to bear in mind; remember.

verb (used without object), be·thought, be·think·ing.

Archaic. to consider; meditate.

RELATED WORDS

reminisce, remember, deliberate, devise, recall, mind, recollect, reflect

Nearby words

  1. bethe, hans albrecht,
  2. bethel,
  3. bethel park,
  4. bethesda,
  5. bethesda unit,
  6. bethlehem,
  7. bethlehem sage,
  8. bethmann hollweg,
  9. bethmann-hollweg,
  10. bethmann-hollweg, theobald von

Origin of bethink

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

/ (bɪˈθɪŋk) /

verb -thinks, -thinking or -thought archaic, or dialect

to cause (oneself) to consider or meditate
(tr often foll by of) to remind (oneself)
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Word Origin and History for bethink

bethink

v.

reflexive verb, Old English beþencan "to consider," from be- + þencan "to think" (see think). Related: Bethought.

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