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bethink
[bih-thingk]
verb (used with object)
to think; consider (used reflexively).
He bethought himself a moment.
to remind (oneself ).
to bethink oneself of family obligations.
to remember; recall (used reflexively).
She lives in the past now, bethinking herself of happier days.
to determine; resolve.
Under the circumstances I could not otherwise bethink me.
Archaic.to bear in mind; remember.
verb (used without object)
Archaic.to consider; meditate.
bethink
/ ɪˈθɪŋ /
verb
to cause (oneself) to consider or meditate
to remind (oneself)
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
“Now. All night, I lay and I bethought myself—how to leave so I won’t be forgot? And behold.”
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."
Truly, truly, if they rightly bethink themselves and acknowledge the truth, I shall have them for witnesses that they are licking honey off thorns.
I will go to him at once, Ella," he said; "and before my return you had better bethink you of what course you will pursue, in case your kinsman should not be with the Count.
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.
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