bethink
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bethink
- /bɪˈθɪŋk/
Rhymes with -ɪŋk
Where it comes from
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.
verb bethinks · bethinking · bethought
- To think about, to recollect.
- 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?
- To meditate, ponder; to consider.
- To determine, resolve.
