methought

[ mi-thawt ]

/ mɪˈθɔt /

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verb Archaic

simple past tense of methinks.

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How to use methought in a sentence

When Titania awakens from her spell she famously says, "Methought I was enamored of an ass."
Kathleen Turner's New Broadway High|Kevin Sessums|April 17, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Methought he then set to work, and wrote volumes of bad German, and he certainly brought me rapidly forward in the study of it.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment|Silvio Pellico
You say carefully—methought anxiously—that I was no longer me when I grew up?
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
Methought, said Olaf, that I had power enough in this land to make whatsoever man I would a man of title and dignity.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade)|Snorri Sturluson

For methought it was a shame to see him this very afternoon, being the first day of his coming to town, to be at a playhouse.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys
I did touch the dead body with my bare hand: it felt cold, but methought it was a very unpleasant sight.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys

British Dictionary definitions for methought

methought

/ (mɪˈθɔːt) /

verb

archaic the past tense of methinks

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