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
Acherley, baffled in his attempt at blackmail, and thirsting for revenge, had bethought him of the Chairman of the Valleys Railroad.
From Ovington's Bank by Stanley J. Weyman
This ended our day’s hunt, as it was late before Dick had bethought him of the decoy; and taking the best parts of both the long-tails upon our shoulders, we trudged homeward to the post.
From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Mayne Reid
M. Émile de Girardin, one of the best known publicists of the Second Empire, had bethought himself, when over fifty years of age, and knowing nothing of this kind of work, to write a play.
From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various
