bethought

[ bih-thawt ]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bethink.

bethought

/ bɪˈθɔːt /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of bethink

Example Sentences

“Now. All night, I lay and I bethought myself—how to leave so I won’t be forgot? And behold.”

From Literature

In his Discourse on Inequality, he lamented "the first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying, 'This is mine,' and found people simple enough to believe him."

From BBC

"We once staid here for a month, noble sir; and, as to bethinking me of what I shall do, I have bethought me already, but will not stay you to speak about it now."

From Project Gutenberg

At length I bethought me of the fire, and taking a piece of charcoal I scrawled the words on the under side of my table.

From Project Gutenberg

The Great Schism gave the Holy See abundant preoccupation, and missionary efforts are no longer heard of, until the Emperor Sigismund, as King of Hungary, bethought himself of re-establishing his claim over Bosnia.

From Project Gutenberg