BETHINK (bethought)

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Irregular inflected form: bethought   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does bethink mean? 

• BETHINK (verb)
  The verb BETHINK has 2 senses:

1. cause oneself to consider something

2. consider or ponder something carefully

  Familiarity information: BETHINK used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BETHINK (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause oneself to consider something

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Cause:

consider; study (give careful consideration to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Consider or ponder something carefully

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

She bethought her of their predicament

Hypernyms (to "bethink" is one way to...):

chew over; contemplate; excogitate; meditate; mull; mull over; muse; ponder; reflect; ruminate; speculate; think over (reflect deeply on a subject)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE

 Context examples 

Well, bethink you that it is but three days ere you will all be gone, and Castle Twynham be as dull as the Priory.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I bethought myself to ring the bell.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

In the meantime, Bill had bethought himself of the rifle.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Then I bethought me of my dear Madam Mina, and I was in terrible plight.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Then I bethought me of the great yachtsman’s knife he always carried, and I came to him and spoke to him, first softly, then loudly.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The little tailor demanded of the king the promised reward; he, however, repented of his promise, and again bethought himself how he could get rid of the hero.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Martin bethought himself of the numerous occasions on which he had met Judge Blount at the Morses' and when Judge Blount had not invited him to dinner.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I have bethought me of all that gracious and compassionate history.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Bethink you that if a man have a destrier or a new lance he will ever try it in time of peace, lest in days of need it may fail him.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I bethought myself of an expedient.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)