bethink

[ bih-thingk ]

verb (used with object)

, be·thought, be·think·ing.

1. to think; consider (used reflexively):

   He bethought himself a moment.

2. to remind (oneself ):

   to bethink oneself of family obligations.

3. to remember; recall (used reflexively):

   She lives in the past now, bethinking herself of happier days.

4. to determine; resolve:

   Under the circumstances I could not otherwise bethink me.

5. Archaic. to bear in mind; remember.

verb (used without object)

, be·thought, be·think·ing.

1. Archaic. to consider; meditate.

bethink

/ bɪˈθɪŋk /

verb

1. to cause (oneself) to consider or meditate
2. troften foll byof to remind (oneself)

Word History and Origins

Origin of bethink¹

before 1000; Middle English bethenken, Old English bethencan. See be-, think ¹

Example Sentences

The affair of the wolf having passed off so well, Alan began to bethink himself of other adventures.

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Of course our artist did not bethink himself long, but sat down at once, and launched out into an improvisation on a Polish air.

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Not till the door had closed behind her did we bethink us that it was to a humble peasant girl we had paid unconscious homage.

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But bethink yourself that Maria will ask, who knows, a good few crowns for this shaving.

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Bethink ye whether the knight did not then think of Bishop Roger and his episcopal nephew!

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