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Webster 1913 Edition

Methinks

Me-thinks′

,
Verb.
imp
ers.
[
imp.
Methought
.]
[AS.
þyncan
to seem,
mē þynceð
,
mē þūhte
, OE.
me thinketh
,
me thoughte
; akin to G.
dünken
to seem,
denken
to think, and E.
think
. See
Me
, and
Think
.]
It seems to me; I think. See
Me
.
[R., except in poetry.]
In all ages poets have been had in special reputation, and,
methinks
, not without great cause.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition

Methinks

METHINKS

,
Verb.
impers. pp. methought. [me and think.] It seems to me; it appears to me; I think. Me is here in the dative. The word is not antiquated, but is not elegant.

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