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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Now we, dear Thoma, have bethought ourselves well.
From Landolin by Berthold Auerbach
I have bethought me," she saith, "of a thing on which my mind hath often dwelt.
From Tales from the Old French by Various
I have bethought me of all that gracious and compassionate history.
From David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
But I have bethought myself of a conveyance for you; sell your horse, and I will furnish you with a much better one to ride on.'
From Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) by H. Wragg
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
