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forthink

verb

Etymology

From Middle English forthinken, forthynken (“to displease, cause to regret”), corresponding to for- (“mis-”) + think (“to seem, appear”), from Old English þyncan (“to seem, appear”); see methinks. Cognate with Middle High German verdunken (“to displease”), Icelandic forþykkja (“to displease”). Compare also Old English forþencan (“to mistrust, despise, despair”), Dutch verdenken (“to suspect”), German verdenken (“to blame”).

  1. inherited from þyncan
  2. inherited from forthinken

Definitions

  1. To cause distress or regret to

    To cause distress or regret to; cause to regret or repent; to vex.

  2. To regret

    To regret; repent.

  3. To regret.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To repent, be sorry for.

    2. To change one's mind about

      To change one's mind about; to renounce.

      • Then gan he thinke, perforce with sword and targe / Her forth to fetch, and Proteus to constraine; / But soone he gan such folly to forthinke againe.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for forthink. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA