bethink
verb (used with object)
to think; consider (used reflexively).
have bethought
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present perfectof bethink.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"Badly played," she said to herself, "he might as well have bethought him that the symptoms should be lethargy and coma."
From The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Lewis Wingfield
Now we, dear Thoma, have bethought ourselves well.
From Landolin by Berthold Auerbach
So, my young watchdog," said the voice of the farmer Blair, "you have bethought yourself of your charge at last, eh?
From The Thirsty Sword by Robert Leighton
But as they will not go, I have bethought me of our errand to Brussels.
From Francezka by Molly Elliot Seawell
I should not have been a true seaman not to have bethought me of a mast and a sail.
From Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" by James Fenimore Cooper
