bethink
verbEtymology
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.
- inherited from *biþankijaną✻
- inherited from beþenċan
- inherited from bethenken
Definitions
To think about, to recollect.
To think of (something or somebody) or that (followed by clause)
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?
- I heard the Sky-lark singing in the sky; / And I bethought me of the playful Hare:
To meditate, ponder
To meditate, ponder; to consider.
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To determine, resolve.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA