bethink
verb (used with object)
to think; consider (used reflexively).
had bethought
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past perfectof bethink.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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But the Kuomintang high command had bethought itself; the Gimo had sent assurances that he stood for open competition.
From Time Magazine Archive
The line was that Britain, at least, had bethought herself, after hearing and acceding to Joseph Stalin's blunt demand for land action on the Invasion Coast.
From Time Magazine Archive
Colonel Ashley's groom had bethought himself to bring up his master's charger in case he should care, since the weather had cleared, to return to camp.
From The Storm Centre by Mary Noailles Murfree
The villain had bethought him of his flowered waistcoat, and with a comic air flung back his coat to display it.
From The O'Ruddy A Romance by C. D. (Charles D.) Williams
Betty’s, indeed, went on well for a while; but, in the End, both of them had Cause to complain, and curse the Day they had bethought them of employing a Steward in their Concerns.
