- past tense form of methinks.
methought
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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And methought, "Is not this a beautiful parable for us?"
From The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young by Various
And when I did eate of those fishes, methought they were exceeding good.
From The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof, Volume I (of 2) by Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza
Rare instance this, methought, of the working of a high sense of honour!
From Mathieu Ropars: et cetera by William Young
Methought I saw her then, my love, my fair, My beauty, my ideal; the dim clouds Lifted, methought, a little—or was it Fond Fancy only?
From The Epic of Hades In Three Books by Sir Lewis Morris
She sighed a murmur of dispraise, At which, methought, the rafters shook.
From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Maud Howe Elliott
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