bethought

American  

[bih-thawt] / bɪˈθɔt /

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bethink.

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bethought British  

/ bɪˈθɔːt /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of bethink

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Example Sentences

“Now. All night, I lay and I bethought myself—how to leave so I won’t be forgot? And behold.”

From Literature

In his Discourse on Inequality, he lamented "the first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying, 'This is mine,' and found people simple enough to believe him."

From BBC

I have bethought me, my old friend, of a defence, too, for our archers in the front.

From Project Gutenberg

At length I bethought me of the fire, and taking a piece of charcoal I scrawled the words on the under side of my table.

From Project Gutenberg

The Great Schism gave the Holy See abundant preoccupation, and missionary efforts are no longer heard of, until the Emperor Sigismund, as King of Hungary, bethought himself of re-establishing his claim over Bosnia.

From Project Gutenberg