bethink

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
17
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/bɪˈθɪŋk/

Definition of bethink

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To think about, to recollect.
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verb

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To think about, to recollect.
  2. (reflexive)To think of (something or somebody) or that (followed by clause); to remind oneself, to consider, to reflect upon.
    “Baſ[ſanio]. Be aſſured you may. / Iew [i.e., Shylock]. I will be aſſured I may: and that I may be aſſured, I will bethinke mee, may I ſpeake with Anthonio?”
    “Mens daily occaſions for themſelves or friends, and the neceſities of common life, require the doing of a thouſand things vvithin the compaſs of a fevv dayes, for vvhich it vvould puzzle the beſt Textman that liveth; readily to bethink himself of a ſentence in the Bible, clear enough to ſatisfie a ſcrupulous conſcience of the lavvfulneſs and expediency of vvhat he is about to do; […]”
    “I heard the Sky-lark singing in the sky; / And I bethought me of the playful Hare:”
    “Though eager to spring down the path and meet him, yet, amid all the forgetfulness of joy, she had bethought her of her aged parent, and returned that she too might share the happiness of their meeting.”
    “It was natural that in the hour of tribulation Lord Lambeth and Mr. Percy Beaumont should have bethought themselves of a gentleman whose attractions had been thus vividly depicted; […]”
  3. (intransitive)To meditate, ponder; to consider.
  4. To determine, resolve.

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Etymology

From Middle English bethenken, bithenchen (“to think about, consider”) from Old English beþenċan, biþenċan (“to think upon, remind, consider, remember”), from Proto-Germanic *biþankijaną; equivalent to be- + think. Akin to Old High German pidenchan (German bedenken), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (biþagkjan), Dutch bedenken.

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