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Webster 1913 Edition


Bethink

Be-think′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bethought
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Bethinking
.]
[AS.
beþencan
; pref.
be-
+
þencan
to think. See
Think
.]
To call to mind; to recall or bring to recollection, reflection, or consideration; to think; to consider; – generally followed by a reflexive pronoun, often with of or that before the subject of thought.
I have
bethought
me of another fault.
Shakespeare
The rest . . . may . . .
bethin
k themselves, and recover.
Milton.
We
bethink
a means to break it off.
Shakespeare
Syn. – To recollect; remember; reflect.

Be-think′

,
Verb.
I.
To think; to recollect; to consider.
“Bethink ere thou dismiss us.”
Byron.