bethink
verb (used with object)
to think; consider (used reflexively).
will bethink
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future tenseof bethink.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Yet many readers will bethink themselves of many Cynthias and wonder if it is too late, or just timely, to pass the book along.
From Time Magazine Archive
"On thy return, my son," he said, "we will bethink us of a wife for thee."
From New Italian sketches by John Addington Symonds
Do not grieve; you cannot have offended him; he will bethink himself; Had he only done as I wished, and not read the note!
From The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
You will bethink you too of what I have said, and by being kinder and more indulgent with this youth you shall make him grow into a man you may take pride in.
From The Tavern Knight by Rafael Sabatini
I will be assured I may; and that I may be assured I will bethink me: May I speak with Antonio?
From Shakespeare's play of the Merchant of Venice Arranged for Representation at the Princess's Theatre, with Historical and Explanatory Notes by Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Charles John Kean
