bethink
verb (used with object)
to think; consider (used reflexively).
bethinks
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present tense formof bethink (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Then the doctor bethinks himself of ultraviolet rays.
From Time Magazine Archive
She laughs, then bethinks herself in time to save the undesired blunder, and they float gracefully through the first figure.
From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Amanda Minnie Douglas
Meanwhile the refractory urchin, with no fear to stimulate his sluggish conscience, chuckles, rejoices and is glad, and bethinks himself of some uninvented methods of devilment.
From Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals by John H. (John Henry) Stapleton
As a last resource, Sakuntala bethinks herself of the ring given her by her husband, but on discovering that it is lost, abandons hope.
From Tales from the Hindu Dramatists by J. S. Zemin
In this finale the despairing Lionel bethinks him of his ring.
From The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers by George P. (George Putnam) Upton
