Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bethink"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bethink \Be*think"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bethought}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Bethinking}.] [AS. be?encan; pref. be- + ?encan to
think. See {Think}.]
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. --Shak.
The rest . . . may . . . bethink themselves, and
recover. --Milton.
We bethink a means to break it off. --Shak.
Syn: To recollect; remember; reflect.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bethink \Be*think"\, v. i.
To think; to recollect; to consider. ``Bethink ere thou
dismiss us.'' --Byron.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bethink
v 1: cause oneself to consider something
2: consider or ponder something carefully: She bethought her of
their predicament.
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