- past tense form of methinks.
methought
Americanverb
verb
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"I cry you mercy, Master Martin," quoth the other; "you did bring in impiety, and so methought piety should not be excluded."
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
"Why, methought I left it open," said he.
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Charles Reade
And just as a bulky sugar puncheon, All ready staved, like a great sun shone Glorious, scarce an inch before me, Just as methought it said, 'Come, bore me!'
From The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades by Various
As I looked back, methought I saw Stefano the guide and the women having it out pretty well with reference to the undivided fee.
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe
Lo, they fell to dancing up and down methought, and the next—moment—all—was—dark.
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Charles Reade
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