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Webster 1913 Edition
Bethink
Be-think′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bethought
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bethinking
.] 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.
Definition 2024
bethink
bethink
English
Verb
bethink (third-person singular simple present bethinks, present participle bethinking, simple past and past participle bethought)
- (obsolete, transitive) To think about, to recollect.
- (reflexive) To think of (something or somebody) or that (followed by clause); to remind oneself, to consider, to reflect upon.
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 49:
- However, and just before I was due to take the entrance exam at the age of thirteen, my mother bethought herself that it might be worth taking a look at the place where I was due to be conscripted for the next five formative years.
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 49:
- To meditate, ponder; to consider.
- To determine, resolve.
Quotations
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:bethink.
References
- bethink in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913