Bethink
[bɪ'θɪŋk]
Definition
(verb.) consider or ponder something carefully; 'She bethought her of their predicament'.
(verb.) cause oneself to consider something.
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Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) To think; to recollect; to consider.
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Definition
v.t. to think on or call to mind: to recollect (generally followed by a reflective pronoun and of): to propose to one's self.—v.i. to consider:—pa.t. and pa.p. bethought (be-thawt′).
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Examples
- Yet, bethink thee, noble Saxon, said the knight, thou hast neither hauberk, nor corslet, nor aught but that light helmet, target, and sword. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Also Brian de Bois-Guilbert is one with whom I may do much--bethink thee how thou mayst deserve my good word with him. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Bethink thee, were I a fiend, yet death is a worse, and it is death who is my rival. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- At length Will, seeming to bethink himself, took up his hat, yet stood some moments irresolute. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But bethink you, Robert Moore, right was with them; the God of battles was on their side. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But I bethought myself that I was in a boat, after all; and that a man like Mr. Peggotty was not a bad person to have on board if anything did happen. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Rebecca too bethought her that it was time she should go in and comfort her dearest Amelia. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She bethought herself now of the condemned criminal. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Venn now bethought himself of his clothes, which were saturated with water to the weight of lead. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- At last I bethought me of the pits from which I had just emerged. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Mr. Lowten bethought himself, at this juncture, of looking out of the window. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She bethought herself of the trinkets which had been left on the ground and felt certain that the woman had fled. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- No, no,' said Mrs. Sowerberry: bethinking herself of Oliver's old friend. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
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